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
Changing vaccination guidelines, ever-evolving variants and strains, threats to health insurance and more mean COVID is still very much a regular conversation on the lips of lawmakers, regulators and the general public.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 5 June 2025
But Davidson said the Palantir news has rankled a broader coalition of civil liberties-minded GOP lawmakers.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 5 June 2025
Prior to this, the longest ban for a lawmaker from New Zealand’s Parliament was three days.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Then, McIver and other lawmakers inspected the facility.
—Val Demings, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 May 2025
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 5 June 2025
But Davidson said the Palantir news has rankled a broader coalition of civil liberties-minded GOP lawmakers.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 5 June 2025
Prior to this, the longest ban for a lawmaker from New Zealand’s Parliament was three days.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Then, McIver and other lawmakers inspected the facility.
—Val Demings, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lawmaker
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Clearly, Millstone is a boogeyman at the state capitol that Lamont and most state legislators don’t want to address.—
David Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
3 June 2025
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Both cannabis and hemp businesses have made significant campaign contributions to legislators.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025
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Before senators and Army officials retreated to discuss the drone threat in secret, Driscoll raised another alarm about the threat.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
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The two-sentence clause Harmon backed would have generally expanded the period that a senator in a four-year term who breaks the caps can keep them off.—
Ray Long,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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“Lawmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawmaker. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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