Thesaurus results for LEGISLATOR

legislator

noun

ˈle-jə-ˌslā-tər

Definition of legislator

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 Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026 State officials could pay for tax cuts, in theory, by cutting government services, something governors and legislators historically try to avoid during a downturn. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026 Landon Dais is a New York state legislator who represents the Bronx. — Bob Herman, STAT, 29 Oct. 2026 In March 2026, Texas legislators launched the Sharia Free Texas Caucus, a group dedicated to preventing what its members describe as the spread of Islamic law in Texas. — Asma Uddin, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for legislator

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Had Patrick let the facts and evidence speak and not pressured GOP state senators to vote to acquit Paxton, the party could have put him in the rear-view mirror.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
But even in states where Republican senators won, the margins were lower than might have been expected.

— Grace Manthey, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of senator

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The attorney noted that immediately after the midterm elections last week, lawmakers such as Garcia accompanied their warnings of upcoming investigations with Instagram posts that received media attention and thousands of reshares.

— Pranshu Verma The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
These are the same arguments lawmakers used to block the legislative audit, which got 72% backing from voters and never made it onto the books.

— Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of lawmaker

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In the Mongol model, universal empire was matched with the extreme personalization of political authority, with the Great Khan functioning as the primary lawgiver not accountable to anyone else.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
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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