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Recent Examples of parliamentary
Changing the constitution would require a referendum that Pashinyan will probably try to push through before or after Armenia’s next parliamentary election, scheduled for June 2026.
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Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
Britain’s main political parties generally stage conferences in the fall, to debate policy, raise funds, and gird themselves for the parliamentary year ahead.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
Democrats asked for a repeat of the parliamentary session, complaining that the governing Socialists canceled the debate on the Cabinet’s program.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
State visits also often include a parliamentary element such as a formal address to the Parliament.
—Natasha Lindstaedt, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
Britain’s main political parties generally stage conferences in the fall, to debate policy, raise funds, and gird themselves for the parliamentary year ahead.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
Democrats asked for a repeat of the parliamentary session, complaining that the governing Socialists canceled the debate on the Cabinet’s program.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
State visits also often include a parliamentary element such as a formal address to the Parliament.
—Natasha Lindstaedt, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parliamentary
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Next, approval is needed at the ESA ministerial meeting in Bremen, Germany, in November, allowing a mission definition phase, leading to mission adoption in 2034 and a launch around 2042.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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On Tuesday, during a high level ministerial meeting at the U.N. co-presided by Haiti, Canada pledged an additional $40 million Canadian ($29 million US) for the multinational security mission and its successor force.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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Flood damage is almost never covered by traditional homeowners’ insurance policies, and your risk may be underestimated according to official government flood zone maps.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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With hundreds of Elanco employees gathered with blue confetti at the ready, Indy, a rescue shelter dog turned service-dog-in-training, performed the official ribbon cutting, or in this case ribbon biting.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
2 Oct. 2025
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To make matters worse, oil companies still benefit from governmental support, with subsidies totaling $7 trillion in 2022 according to the International Monetary Fund.—
Miguel A. Torres,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
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Republican Senators Rand Paul and Ted Cruz piped up in defense of Kimmel’s right to free speech without governmental interference.—
Sarah Stankorb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Corrections Department budget increases wages for corrections officers but also makes tens of millions of dollars in cuts by eliminating programs and administrative costs and funding for positions that have not been filled.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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In a statement to the INDY, Dixon slammed the university administration's initial decision to place him on administrative leave, while thanking his supporters who condemned his removal.—
Julia Bonavita , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Winding its way through tax tribunals and the county treasurer's office all the way to the Michigan Court of Appeals through a trail of unseen revocation notices, jurisdictional conflicts and behind-the-scenes bureaucratic handwringing, that eventually got worked out.—
Todd Spangler,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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In July, after FilmLA’s contract was renewed for five more years despite opposition from some local public advocates, a host of measures aimed at streamlining and eradicating bureaucratic hurdles in the film permitting process was approved.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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Vought is credited with authoring the chapter on executive power.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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It’s located on the first floor, near Sebastian’s Bistro, a cafe with an executive sous chef that is also open to the public and decorated with dangling flying ibises, the bird that inspired UM’s mascot.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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Officers involved in a shooting will participate in training focused on de-escalation, communication, tactics, officer safety, use of force and supervisory oversight within 30 days.—
Elena Santa Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Most of the local systems that control the water treatment processes there, including the technology systems known as SCADA systems, which stands for supervisory control and data acquisition systems, are not connected to the internet.—
Jenna McLaughlin,
NPR,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Parliamentary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parliamentary. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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