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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In late June, as evidence was piling up that the agency’s 12-hour policy was frequently being violated and lawmakers pushed for a fix, ICE instead modified its rules.
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Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Bayrou also gambled by calling the confidence vote—a move that swiftly backfired as lawmakers on both the left and far right joined forces to topple his government and ratchet up pressure on Macron.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
If lawmakers go along with the DeSantis administration’s plans, Florida would be the first state in the country to end school vaccine mandates.
—Michelle Marchante
september 8, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
The changes to lawmaker allowances were rolled back as part of efforts to defuse the rallies.
—Grace Sihombing, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
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Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Bayrou also gambled by calling the confidence vote—a move that swiftly backfired as lawmakers on both the left and far right joined forces to topple his government and ratchet up pressure on Macron.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
If lawmakers go along with the DeSantis administration’s plans, Florida would be the first state in the country to end school vaccine mandates.
—Michelle Marchante
september 8, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
The changes to lawmaker allowances were rolled back as part of efforts to defuse the rallies.
—Grace Sihombing, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lawmaker
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Just last month, two Milwaukee legislators introduced a bill to make available $60 million for traffic calming infrastructure to fight reckless driving across the state.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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That order conflicted with the state’s code, however, and in March, legislators rejected a bill that would have weakened that law and codified religious exemptions to vaccination.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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Other than speaking to Sanders, Platner has not discussed the race with other congressional Democrats — some of whom privately question whether Mills, who would be the oldest freshman senator if elected, is the solution to their routine failure to beat Collins.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Democrat and Republican senators grilled Kennedy over recent vaccine changes.—
Will McDuffie,
ABC News,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Lawmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawmaker. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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