How to Use parliamentary in a Sentence
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That means that vote after vote over the next two years will likely teeter on a parliamentary cliff.
—Fox News, 10 Jan. 2023
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About a third of young people don’t vote in the first round of parliamentary elections.
—Nadia Beard, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024
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She was met with cheers and applause in the packed parliamentary chamber.
—Emma Ogao, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2023
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Has been a member of the parliamentary procedures team for four years.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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In the Netherlands, the far right won the most parliamentary seats in last year’s election.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024
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The ban needs parliamentary approval, which could be discussed next week, Sánchez said.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
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These parliamentary elections are just as crucial as the ones to choose a president.
—Garret Martin, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2022
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At the time, the palace cited concerns about taking up parliamentary time on the issue.
—Nick Duffy, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
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All three parties were part of the pro-Sisi bloc during the last parliamentary elections.
—Claire Parker, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2023
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This is the nature of the parliamentary regime of a multi-party coalition.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 30 July 2025
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Jansa was ousted from power in the parliamentary election in April.
—Dusan Stojanovic, ajc, 13 Nov. 2022
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Responding to a series of questions is not the same as parliamentary debate, of course.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2024
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The move comes ahead of parliamentary elections that must be held no later than April in Greenland.
—Gqlshare, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2025
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Takaichi is expected to become premier later this month in a parliamentary vote.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
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Popova failed to win a seat in parliamentary elections in 2021.
—Kim Hjelmgaard and Anna Nemtsova, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024
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Basha fired Berisha from the parliamentary group in September.
—Llazar Semini, ajc, 8 Jan. 2022
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The chief justice appoints the other half, with a parliamentary vote of confidence.
—Eric Lob, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
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The aides allegedly worked for the party instead of doing parliamentary tasks.
—ABC News, 6 July 2026
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In 2011, mass protests broke out in response to parliamentary elections that showed signs of vote-rigging.
—Tetiana Kotelnykova, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
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The parliamentary elections were scheduled for May.
—Arkansas Online, 10 Mar. 2026
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They are now projected to win as many as eight of Norway’s 169 parliamentary seats.
—Ian Bremmer, Time, 10 Sep. 2021
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The bill, which is subject to changes during a parliamentary committee debate, needs at least 75 votes to pass.
—Renee Maltezou, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
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The crackdown comes months ahead of Palestine’s first parliamentary election in 15 years.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
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Bulgaria is headed into its eighth parliamentary election in five years.
—Lionel Laurent, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2026
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The State Opening has been used to mark the start of a parliamentary year since the late 14th century.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 July 2024
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The scandal took place just months before the Oct 3-4 parliamentary election.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 31 May 2025
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The protesters reject the results of last month's parliamentary elections that saw the militias as the biggest losers.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2021
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Carney is expected to call a parliamentary election by the end of the week, to take place in late April or early May.
—Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025
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Starmer took office less than two years ago, after Labour won a landslide in the last national parliamentary elections.
—Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 8 May 2026
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There, the scene has devolved over the past week into the parliamentary equivalent of a Superfund site.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2023
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