How to Use parliamentary in a Sentence

parliamentary

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• The planned strike has led to the closure of streets and schools, as well as the postponement of the day’s parliamentary session.
  — Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
• On Tuesday, the King kicked off the first start of the parliamentary year of his royal reign at the Palace of Westminster.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
• She was met with cheers and applause in the packed parliamentary chamber.
  — Emma Ogao, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2023
• Lai won with just a bit more than 40 percent of the vote, and the DPP failed to win a parliamentary majority.
  — David Harsanyi, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
• All three parties were part of the pro-Sisi bloc during the last parliamentary elections.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2023
• Popova failed to win a seat in parliamentary elections in 2021.
  — Kim Hjelmgaard and Anna Nemtsova, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024
• If this country had a more parliamentary system, a snap election would have already been called, and the House GOP may well have lost it.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 15 Oct. 2023
• 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
• There will be a push to vote before EU parliamentary elections in early June 2024.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2023
• Israel’s parliamentary system: The Supreme Court is viewed as the sole check on lawmakers and the prime minister.
  — Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
• On Monday, the first-day of the special session, the House stumbled out of the gate as a proposal to suspend the rules to speed up the parliamentary process failed on multiple voice votes.
  — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2023
• 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
• The vote on part of the legislation is just the first of three readings required for parliamentary approval, a process that is expected to take months.
  — Laurie Kellman and Ilan Ben Zion, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2023
• The event was especially momentous as the first of King Charles’ reign, and his ceremonial role helped mark the start of the parliamentary year.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2024
• The Islamic Republic faces parliamentary elections next year, and any easing of Western sanctions could give its rulers a boost in the polls.
  — Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 28 June 2023
• The plan has been delayed until Israeli lawmakers return for their next parliamentary session at the end of April.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2023
• The three opposition parties – one of them in the center-right, another on the left, and the largest in the middle – won 54%, giving them a parliamentary majority.
  — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2023
• In most parliamentary systems, the two parties would form a new governing coalition and choose a prime minister.
  — Muktita Suhartono, New York Times, 14 May 2023
• In Sweden, the government now depends on the parliamentary votes of a party with neo-Nazi roots, and has given it some sway in policymaking.
  — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 9 July 2023
• Also helping Erdogan make his case is his party’s strong showing in Sunday’s parliamentary vote, which took place at the same time.
  — Ben Hubbard, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2023
• In a stunning about-face, Pheu Thai on Monday struck a deal with its former military rivals in a bid to secure enough parliamentary votes to form a government.
  — Helen Regan, CNN, 22 Aug. 2023
• Khan was ousted as prime minister in April 2022 in a parliamentary no-confidence vote.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 10 May 2023
• The protesters say the bill, and the broader plan, are an attack on democracy because the courts are the primary check on the Knesset and the prime minister in Israel’s parliamentary system.
  — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 25 July 2023
• The reaction compelled Modi to break his silence on the conflict in front of reporters before a parliamentary session.
  — Time, 26 July 2023
• In Israel’s parliamentary system, the party that wins the most votes in elections gets to form a coalition government and the party head becomes prime minister.
  — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
• Under the country’s parliamentary system, in which the executive controls the legislative branch, the Supreme Court acts as one of the sole checks on government power.
  — Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
• His government lost its parliamentary majority and has been unable to form a new one.
  — Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 25 July 2023
• Netanyahu’s allies have vowed to plough ahead with more judicial changes after the parliamentary recess.
  — Isabel Debre, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2023
• Taiwan is in the middle of campaigning for presidential and parliamentary elections to be held on Jan. 13.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 30 Nov. 2023
• In past parliamentary elections in Iran, preliminary results have emerged with a day.
  — Susannah George, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024