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Recent Examples of legislative assembly
The committee’s recommendation on Friday also calls for no new bishop elections when the five U.S. jurisdictional conferences — Western, Northeastern, North Central, Southeastern, South Central — gather for legislative assemblies in July.
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Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 3 May 2024
In 1837, a new monarch dissolved Hanover’s legislative assemblies and cast aside its constitution.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
The legislative assembly will have powers to debate local issues, make laws and approve decisions for governing the territory but cannot restore special status as that is the remit of the federal government.
—Reuters, NBC News, 18 Sep. 2024
One result was the shuttering of most of Europe’s legislative assemblies: the Estates-General in France, the Cortes Generales in Spain.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
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Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 3 May 2024
In 1837, a new monarch dissolved Hanover’s legislative assemblies and cast aside its constitution.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
The legislative assembly will have powers to debate local issues, make laws and approve decisions for governing the territory but cannot restore special status as that is the remit of the federal government.
—Reuters, NBC News, 18 Sep. 2024
One result was the shuttering of most of Europe’s legislative assemblies: the Estates-General in France, the Cortes Generales in Spain.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislative assembly
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Regional observers are watching to see who the U.S. sends to the OAS general assembly meeting next month in Antigua and Barbuda for hints of the organization’s future.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2025
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As a result, Stellantis announced today that the plant will move from a two-shift to a one-shift operating pattern in general assembly.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
Detroit Free Press,
9 Aug. 2024
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With Republicans currently controlling both houses of Congress by thin margins, significant legislative could certainly follow, but could still prove difficult on some hot button issues.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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This column is about one important concept: that our system of government is made up of three equal parts: the legislative, the executive and the judicial.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
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After the 2020 Census, the state legislature redrew its congressional map, maintaining just one majority-Black district out of six.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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Both sides of the state legislature passed House Bill 2704, which captures some of the sales taxes spent by patrons at the ballpark and earmarks it toward the improvements.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
27 June 2025
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During three trials, participants were assigned to specific healthy diets — such as low-fat, low-carb, Mediterranean and green-Mediterranean — for 18 to 24 months.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2025
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Geese and cranes differ in many ways, such as diet, behavior and migration strategies.—
Anne Readel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 June 2025
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“Legislative assembly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislative%20assembly. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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