as in senator
a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws
the legislators met in an all-night session to hammer out the details of the bill
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Recent Examples of legislator
Act 20 is now fully funded, after state legislators included nearly $41 million in the 2025-27 state budget, which was approved in July.
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Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Public education has remained a divisive issue in Texas as some state legislators have supported bills that would infuse religion into schools, including by requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms across the state.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
The complaints allege that the legislators violated a state constitutional prohibition on accepting gifts of more than $75 when the caucus’s leader sought — and received — a $25,000 donation from One Main Street to cover hotel rooms at a private caucus retreat last month in Vail.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2025
By their third term in Congress – about six years after first taking office – the gap in bipartisan behavior between amateurs and experienced legislators largely disappears.
—Jeff Harden, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
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Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Public education has remained a divisive issue in Texas as some state legislators have supported bills that would infuse religion into schools, including by requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms across the state.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
The complaints allege that the legislators violated a state constitutional prohibition on accepting gifts of more than $75 when the caucus’s leader sought — and received — a $25,000 donation from One Main Street to cover hotel rooms at a private caucus retreat last month in Vail.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2025
By their third term in Congress – about six years after first taking office – the gap in bipartisan behavior between amateurs and experienced legislators largely disappears.
—Jeff Harden, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislator
Noun
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Dozens of legislators, senators and construction companies have been accused of receiving kickbacks with money that was supposed to go toward establishing thousands of flood control projects.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Unlike the House, the Senate doesn’t elect every member each cycle because senators serve six-year terms.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The new foreign media legislation, introduced by Likud lawmaker Ariel Kallner and backed by Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition, would make such powers permanent — even outside times of war or national emergency — and remove the requirement for judicial oversight.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Their decision has highlighted deep divisions over legislative priorities and political strategy as lawmakers scramble to resolve the shutdown and address its nationwide consequences.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Centuries earlier, the ancient lawgiver Solon had sought to curb pleonexia by legislating against luxury and economic inequality.—
David Lay Williams,
TIME,
2 Oct. 2024
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The oil painted portraits of past judges and four marble figures, all historically significant lawgivers, loomed overhead, mounted on the walls of the courtroom.—
Ella Lee,
USA TODAY,
25 May 2023
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“Legislator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislator. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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