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
Alex Bores, a largely unknown 35-year-old New York state legislator, catapulted into the national spotlight this spring for his platform advocating tough regulation of artificial intelligence.
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Shira Ovide,
Washington Post,
25 June 2026
Kiley survived the primary and will face Democrat Richard Pan, a former state legislator, in November.
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Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
His life is not simply the story of a successful legislator.
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Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
25 June 2026
During the June 2024 protests, thousands of young Kenyans stormed the parliament building, urging legislators to vote against a finance bill that had proposed an increase in taxes despite the rising cost of living.
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ABC News,
25 June 2026
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Shira Ovide,
Washington Post,
25 June 2026
Kiley survived the primary and will face Democrat Richard Pan, a former state legislator, in November.
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Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
His life is not simply the story of a successful legislator.
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Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
25 June 2026
During the June 2024 protests, thousands of young Kenyans stormed the parliament building, urging legislators to vote against a finance bill that had proposed an increase in taxes despite the rising cost of living.
—
ABC News,
25 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislator
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Trump is scheduled to take an unusual trek over to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, June 24, for a lunch meeting with GOP senators.
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Several Republican senators expressed misgivings about the idea, pointing to the potential for security and legal risks.
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Calls for his resignation intensified last month, with more than 100 Labour lawmakers publicly urging him to step aside or set out a timetable for his departure.
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State lawmakers have stepped back from earlier, wider-ranging attempts to regulate AI that were vetoed or otherwise derailed by governors who viewed the measures as too onerous toward the industry’s development, including efforts to hold developers accountable for bias in AI systems.
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Centuries earlier, the ancient lawgiver Solon had sought to curb pleonexia by legislating against luxury and economic inequality.
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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.
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“Legislator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislator. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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