policymaker
noun
pol·i·cy·mak·er
ˈpä-lə-sē-ˌmā-kər 
variants
or less commonly policy maker
or policy-maker
plural policymakers also policy makers or policy-makers
: someone who is responsible for or involved in establishing policy
economic policymakers
He had been a policymaker under four Republican and Democratic Presidents and had spent years on Capitol Hill fencing with congressional committees and lobbying for votes.—
William Greider
William GreiderExamples of policymaker in a Sentence
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell has said that policymakers want to see more evidence that inflation is headed toward their 2% goal.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
For a while, policymakers hoped those were bumps in the road, not a more worrisome trend.
—Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
This mixed legacy offers lessons as policymakers now consider transparency fixes for technologies like AI, online privacy, and broadband.
—TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
Strong economic growth combined with low unemployment and low inflation is pretty much an ideal outcome for any policymaker.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2024
El-Erian also spoke ahead of new US consumer price index data on Wednesday, a crucial indicator for US policymakers that is expected to show core inflation easing slightly in March.
—Carter Johnson, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
In part because of concerns like these, advocates and policymakers across the country often focus on the early grades when pushing for discipline reform.
—Ariel Gilreath, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
Despite such visionary local leadership, however, policymakers in Washington are poised to scuttle innovation at universities across the country.
—Andrei Iancu, Orange County Register, 1 Apr. 2024
Not so long ago, policymakers in Washington and other Western capitals gave little apparent thought to the possibility that the rest of the world might hold opinions distinct from their own.
—Comfort Ero, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2024
Krystal Hur, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
For a while, policymakers hoped those were bumps in the road, not a more worrisome trend.
—Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
This mixed legacy offers lessons as policymakers now consider transparency fixes for technologies like AI, online privacy, and broadband.
—TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
Strong economic growth combined with low unemployment and low inflation is pretty much an ideal outcome for any policymaker.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2024
El-Erian also spoke ahead of new US consumer price index data on Wednesday, a crucial indicator for US policymakers that is expected to show core inflation easing slightly in March.
—Carter Johnson, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2024
In part because of concerns like these, advocates and policymakers across the country often focus on the early grades when pushing for discipline reform.
—Ariel Gilreath, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
Despite such visionary local leadership, however, policymakers in Washington are poised to scuttle innovation at universities across the country.
—Andrei Iancu, Orange County Register, 1 Apr. 2024
Not so long ago, policymakers in Washington and other Western capitals gave little apparent thought to the possibility that the rest of the world might hold opinions distinct from their own.
—Comfort Ero, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2024
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