as in legislator
a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws
the state's lawmakers worked long into the night drafting a bill that would be acceptable to everyone
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Recent Examples of lawmaker
But faced with ongoing reluctance from lawmakers and Gov. JB Pritzker, the mayor fine-tuned his message to hone in on the idea that helping Chicago will help the rest of the state.
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Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025
Others fear the technology could be used to create convincing copies of lawmakers and other powerful figures to spread misinformation.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2025
If Edison has to cover the damage caused by the Eaton fire, the utility will be partially protected by an emergency fund that state lawmakers created in 2019 in the wake of earlier wildfires.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Both lawmakers saw that bill as an effort to bring the current state law banning minors from accessing physical copies of pornography into the 21st century.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2025
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Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025
Others fear the technology could be used to create convincing copies of lawmakers and other powerful figures to spread misinformation.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2025
If Edison has to cover the damage caused by the Eaton fire, the utility will be partially protected by an emergency fund that state lawmakers created in 2019 in the wake of earlier wildfires.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Both lawmakers saw that bill as an effort to bring the current state law banning minors from accessing physical copies of pornography into the 21st century.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lawmaker
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As an interesting week for Google comes to an end, with Gmail under attack from hackers and Chrome under attack from legislators, a new warning has been issued for its 3 billion users.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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An influential California legislator is pressuring the State Bar of California to ditch its new multiple-choice questions after a February bar exam debacle and revert to the traditional test format in July.—
Jenny Jarvie,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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The senator will retire from his post at the end of his fifth term, in January 2027.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Among the questions the senators present for review are inquiries about how incentivizing employees at field offices to resign impacted customer service, as well as the effect of incentivizing appeals council employees to do the same on appeals council decisions.—
Aris Folley,
The Hill,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Lawmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawmaker. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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