legislative assembly

noun

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as in general assembly

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Recent Examples of legislative assembly According to Rathore, one of the two unresolved issues concerns 12 seats reserved for Kashmiri refugees in the legislative assembly. — ABC News, 6 June 2026 He is regarded as a political heavyweight and a serious challenger to the incumbent chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, in the state’s 2026 legislative assembly elections. — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 Apr. 2026 This sparring escalated with the UMC General Conference in May 2024 in Charlotte, when the international legislative assembly removed LGBTQ+ restrictions. — Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Nov. 2025 In February 2020, amid a standoff with the political opposition, Bukele threatened to dissolve the Legislature, bringing with him armed soldiers to occupy the legislative assembly. — Joe Wright, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for legislative assembly
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  1. general assembly
  2. legislative
  3. legislature
  4. diet
Noun
  • As for trying to keep the Bears in Chicago, Quigley says that's up to the general assembly.
    — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 27 June 2026
  • The redistricting battle has made its way down to Georgia as the state's general assembly begins a special session Wednesday.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 17 June 2026
Definition of general assembly
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  • Unfortunately, for the last 50 years, the balance of power that our founders envisioned between the executive and legislative branches of government has been shifting towards the executive and away from the legislative.
    — Jeff Horseman, Oc Register, 5 May 2026
  • State lawmakers typically meet every 10 years after the census to draw state legislative, board of education and congressional districts.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2026
Definition of legislative
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  • The Responsible Data Center Development Act, passed by the state legislature earlier this year, contains a one-year moratorium on the construction of new data centers with a peak energy demand of 20 megawatts or more.
    — Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 14 July 2026
  • More recently, the Great Lakes region has been the nation’s marquee political battleground, with state legislatures and the presidential winner swinging between Democratic and Republican candidates for the last decade.
    — Matt Brown, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
Definition of legislature
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  • But perhaps the most interesting find of this research is the fact that a single stingray carries within its muscle tissue a chemical archive shaped by diet, environment and physiology.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • Just this week, a UC Davis study showed that the diet of wolves in northeastern California was comprised mostly of cattle, prompting the lead scientist to suggest that the species’ strong recovery was due to the availability of livestock.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2026
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