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Recent Examples of legislative assembly
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.
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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
One candidate competing in the first round of the legislative assembly elections on Sunday suggested that a rival party was financed by Jews.
—Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
The vote was conducted by a legislative assembly of more than 200 members across UCLA departments who are elected to represent 3,800 tenured and tenure-track faculty.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
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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
One candidate competing in the first round of the legislative assembly elections on Sunday suggested that a rival party was financed by Jews.
—Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
The vote was conducted by a legislative assembly of more than 200 members across UCLA departments who are elected to represent 3,800 tenured and tenure-track faculty.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislative assembly
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The commission would spend money from the professional sports development fund, which would be funded through general assembly appropriations, grants, gifts and donations.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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The deal had to be approved by Madrid’s general assembly in September 2019 — which was after the 2019-20 Liga F season had started.—
Guillermo Rai,
The Athletic,
22 Mar. 2025
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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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In Tennessee, for example, a Republican state senator introduced an EPR bill in a state legislature where the GOP has supermajorities in both chambers.—
Patrick Gleason,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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The bills targeting the judiciary, however, have died—despite being championed by the governor and other powerful Republicans in the legislature.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 Apr. 2025
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Keeping a full liquid diet can prevent choking and aspiration, the accidental inhalation of food or liquid into the lungs.53 A full liquid diet may be used for other purposes, such as weight loss.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
22 Apr. 2025
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Changing habits such as stopping tobacco use, staying at a healthy weight, eating a healthy diet with fruits and vegetables, avoiding alcohol and protecting skin can all reduce risk of cancer.—
Katherine Dillinger,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Legislative assembly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislative%20assembly. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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