Examples of lawmaker in a Sentence
the state's lawmakers worked long into the night drafting a bill that would be acceptable to everyone
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The session was set to begin Monday, but DeSantis reset lawmakers’ return to Tallahassee to April 28, with the session lasting until May 1.
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Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
The fiery lawmaker, who leads the leftist Economic Freedom Fighters party, was charged alongside his bodyguards Anton Snyman, after the video of the incident went viral.
—ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
But Wednesday is as far as any impeachment resolutions will likely go because lawmakers did not agree on even the parameters to set them in motion; the resolution on Wednesday did not discuss the merits of the allegations.
—Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
This is a similar split to past years, and tends to even out as lawmakers later in the year take up a supplemental budget to allocate surplus surtax funds.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
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Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
The fiery lawmaker, who leads the leftist Economic Freedom Fighters party, was charged alongside his bodyguards Anton Snyman, after the video of the incident went viral.
—ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
But Wednesday is as far as any impeachment resolutions will likely go because lawmakers did not agree on even the parameters to set them in motion; the resolution on Wednesday did not discuss the merits of the allegations.
—Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
This is a similar split to past years, and tends to even out as lawmakers later in the year take up a supplemental budget to allocate surplus surtax funds.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
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“Lawmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lawmaker. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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