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
Kentucky legislators acted on the divisive issue in late March by adding an amendment to an existing bill related to fishing on private lakes and ponds.
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
At lunch, Bilynskyj sat with a small group of right-wing Brazilian legislators, officials and influencers, all opponents of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s leftist government.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
In the meantime, some want legislators to pass laws that provide more extensive relief and, ideally, prevention.
—Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Rhoden is a welder, rancher and former legislator from rural Union Center in western South Dakota.
—Joshua Haiar, States Newsroom, 1 Apr. 2026
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
At lunch, Bilynskyj sat with a small group of right-wing Brazilian legislators, officials and influencers, all opponents of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s leftist government.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
In the meantime, some want legislators to pass laws that provide more extensive relief and, ideally, prevention.
—Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Rhoden is a welder, rancher and former legislator from rural Union Center in western South Dakota.
—Joshua Haiar, States Newsroom, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislator
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Voters appeared to elect two Democratic state representatives and one Republican state senator Tuesday in special election runoffs across the northern half of the state.—
Caleb Groves,
AJC.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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In recent years, Utah’s senator Mike Lee has led efforts to sell off huge tracts of those lands across the West to developers.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2026
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On a recent March morning, more than 100 members fanned out across Capitol Hill, delivering homemade cookies to lawmakers and their offices.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
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The final legislative vote, on Monday, came a week after it was heard in its first committee and as lawmakers raced to stop one more César Chávez Day, recognized every March 31, from being celebrated.—
The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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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 8 Apr. 2026.
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