Definition of lawmakernext
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 No other lawmaker is among the six defendants charged with Lucas, which include family members of hers. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2026 That is especially true in California where lawmakers in recent years have pushed through ambitious regulations in the face of strong opposition and lawsuit threats from companies. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Some voters view him as the establishment, despite not being a lawmaker anymore. — Saige Miller, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026 The ruling included any construction in Big Bend National Park, an area that has seen a loud bipartisan outcry, including from some Republican lawmakers. — Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lawmaker
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Noun
  • After Israeli elections, the candidate with the most support from legislators in the Knesset (typically the head of the largest party) has forty-two days to assemble a majority coalition.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
  • One thing most agree on is that the diminishment of competitive seats leads to greater polarization because legislators are only beholden to primary voters.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
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  • The path Republicans take is not entirely up to him, however, given that an individual senator has enough privileges to grind floor business to a crawl.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The younger Cárdenas began his political career with the Institutional Revolutionary Party, better known as the PRI, and served as a senator and later as governor of the western state of Michoacán.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026

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“Lawmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawmaker. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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