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Recent Examples of general assembly
The deal had to be approved by Madrid’s general assembly in September 2019 — which was after the 2019-20 Liga F season had started.
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Guillermo Rai, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
Since then, jockeying for votes has been a discreet behind-closed-doors affair, with candidates making the rounds at the Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China last month as well as at the European Olympic Committee’s general assembly in Frankfurt this week.
—Blythe Lawrence, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
No legislation related to the prison or potential funding has been filed during the general assembly.
—Worth Sparkman, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
The commission would spend money from the professional sports development fund, which would be funded through general assembly appropriations, grants, gifts and donations.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
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Guillermo Rai, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
Since then, jockeying for votes has been a discreet behind-closed-doors affair, with candidates making the rounds at the Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China last month as well as at the European Olympic Committee’s general assembly in Frankfurt this week.
—Blythe Lawrence, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
No legislation related to the prison or potential funding has been filed during the general assembly.
—Worth Sparkman, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
The commission would spend money from the professional sports development fund, which would be funded through general assembly appropriations, grants, gifts and donations.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for general assembly
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The vote, which was widely criticized by Guyanese officials, instead saw Venezuelans pick a new governor, six deputies to the National Assembly of Venezuela, and seven to a regional legislative assembly.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
25 May 2025
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El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s allies in the legislative assembly similarly voted in May 2021 to remove the government’s attorney general as well all five top judges for obstructing Bukele’s plans to imprison, without proper due process, large numbers of people.—
Michael Gregory,
The Conversation,
23 May 2025
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After the 2020 Census, the state legislature redrew its congressional map, maintaining just one majority-Black district out of six.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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Both sides of the state legislature passed House Bill 2704, which captures some of the sales taxes spent by patrons at the ballpark and earmarks it toward the improvements.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
27 June 2025
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With Republicans currently controlling both houses of Congress by thin margins, significant legislative could certainly follow, but could still prove difficult on some hot button issues.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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This column is about one important concept: that our system of government is made up of three equal parts: the legislative, the executive and the judicial.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
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“General assembly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/general%20assembly. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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