as in senator
a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws
the legislators met in an all-night session to hammer out the details of the bill
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Recent Examples of legislator
The Minnesota state legislators' shooting took place two months after a Democratic governor and his family were said by police to have been targeted in their own home.
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Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
None of the local legislators, asked individually by email through their staff members on Wednesday, addressed whether their involvement is an effort to push back against the state’s rescission decision.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
Lander, whose cross-endorsement of Mamdani helped the 33-year-old state legislator win that race, declined to respond on record to a question about the poll.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
But although hospital at home programs have proved effective over the past five years—reducing stress for patients, relieving pressure on busy health care systems and posting quality care outcomes—their future fate lies in legislators' hands.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
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Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
None of the local legislators, asked individually by email through their staff members on Wednesday, addressed whether their involvement is an effort to push back against the state’s rescission decision.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
Lander, whose cross-endorsement of Mamdani helped the 33-year-old state legislator win that race, declined to respond on record to a question about the poll.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
But although hospital at home programs have proved effective over the past five years—reducing stress for patients, relieving pressure on busy health care systems and posting quality care outcomes—their future fate lies in legislators' hands.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislator
Noun
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In many ways, this was par for the course for the senator from our nation’s geographically smallest state.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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In the Senate, a single senator can delay a nominee's confirmation.—
Barbara Sprunt,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Agricultural Council of Arkansas, the Arkansas Rice Growers Association, the Arkansas Farm Bureau and the Arkansas Rice Federation, which is affiliated with the national USA Rice Federation, sent letters to lawmakers.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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Many lawmakers speaking shortly before Wednesday’s voting, however, saw it as an affront to the institution of family.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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Centuries earlier, the ancient lawgiver Solon had sought to curb pleonexia by legislating against luxury and economic inequality.—
David Lay Williams,
TIME,
2 Oct. 2024
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The oil painted portraits of past judges and four marble figures, all historically significant lawgivers, loomed overhead, mounted on the walls of the courtroom.—
Ella Lee,
USA TODAY,
25 May 2023
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“Legislator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislator. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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