general assembly

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Recent Examples of general assembly Tuesday, the International Civil Aviation Organization will discuss increasing the worldwide age limit to 67 at their general assembly in Montreal. Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025 The center's findings, given to the general assembly each year, will guide recommendations about programming and funding. Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Aug. 2025 File photo of a woman praying, taken during the opening service for the autumn general assembly of the German Bishops' Conference in the Fulda Cathedral in Fulda, Germany, in September 2016. Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025 The 55th regular session of the OAS general assembly is taking place at a critical time for the agency, which continues to be dogged by questions over it relevancy amid serious governance issues in the hemisphere. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for general assembly
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Noun
  • In February 2020, amid a standoff with the political opposition, Bukele threatened to dissolve the Legislature, bringing with him armed soldiers to occupy the legislative assembly.
    Joe Wright, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
  • El Salvador’s legislative assembly, where Bukele’s New Ideas party holds a supermajority of 54 out of 60 seats, on Thursday voted to approve a series of constitutional reforms which could pave the way for Bukele to govern indefinitely.
    Elizabeth Bratton, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The next five-year plan Full details of the upcoming five-year plan will not emerge until after it is approved by China’s rubber-stamp legislature in March next year.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2025
  • In South Korea, parts of the civil service, legislature and military declined to support President Yoon Suk Yeol’s imposition of martial law in 2024, foiling his autocratic move.
    Shelley Inglis, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • With the session ended, here are the legislative asks Greenberg did — and didn't — get from the General Assembly.
    Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
  • Latest Indiana legislative updates This story may be updated with additional reporting.
    Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 2 July 2025

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