GENERAL ASSEMBLY Synonyms: 10 Similar Words

general assembly

noun

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as in legislative assembly

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Recent Examples of general assembly Even areas like general assembly once considered too variable to automate are being reshaped by machines capable of handling tasks that require strength, coordination, and precision at a scale no worker could replicate. — Lisa Caldwell, Forbes.com, 12 May 2026 There’s legislation currently in front of the general assembly that would demand the kind of transparency and accountability needed to protect people. — Michelle Dally, Denver Post, 2 May 2026 Just how sales and use taxes would be raised would be determined by future general assemblies, but unless taxes are expanded to currently untaxed goods, sales taxes would need to be raised by at least 12%. — Jack Harvel april 16, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026 New York City's Democrat-Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to raise taxes on the wealthy, but can't do it without approval from the general assembly. — Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for general assembly

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Noun

The president has defended the constitutional reforms approved by the legislative assembly.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Future legislative assemblies would be able to raise taxes without needing voter approval, so long as it is offset by decreasing the income tax.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026

Definition of legislative assembly

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Now the federal government has launched a voucher program by making an end run around state legislatures.

— Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
The majority Black congressional district was redrawn by the state legislature in May to favor Republicans in November's midterm elections.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026

Definition of legislature

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The political broker wanted former lawmaker Kim Young-sun to be the conservative People Power Party candidate in the 2022 legislative by-election.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Unfortunately, for the last 50 years, the balance of power that our founders envisioned between the executive and legislative branches of government has been shifting towards the executive and away from the legislative.

— Jeff Horseman, Oc Register, 5 May 2026

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