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lawmaker

noun

ˈlȯ-ˌmā-kər

Definition of lawmaker

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 The Pentagon later clarified that the execution would be livestreamed, a decision that is being decried by Republican lawmakers. — Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026 But lawmakers know there’s an issue with how the state’s funding formula works as-is. — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 Still, any changes would be up to state lawmakers, though courts would also weigh in on any attempts to stretch the scope to all taxpayers or to extend it beyond a one-time levy. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026 Widdecombe’s slaying renewed concerns over security for politicians, which has been tightened in the past decade after two lawmakers were murdered. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lawmaker

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For more than three decades, voters have replaced incumbent legislators with fresh faces and shifted control of the House and Senate from Democrats to Republicans and back again.

— Scott Warren, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
Labour legislator Jo Cox was shot and stabbed in 2016 by a far-right extremist, and Conservative David Amess was stabbed in 2021 by an attacker inspired by the Islamic State group.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

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El-Sayed, an American of Egyptian descent who would be the first Muslim senator if elected, has rankled at the GOP accusations, including in a recent TV interview.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The former state representative and senator from west-central Missouri took office as secretary of state in January 2025 and brought a more combative approach to overseeing elections and ballot measures.

— Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 15 Oct. 2026

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