Thesaurus results for LEGISLATOR

legislator

noun

ˈle-jə-ˌslā-tər

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 Two other names floated in Republican circles include Brattin and Gregory, two state legislators in the Missouri Senate. —

Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026 Gabrielle Bogut told legislators Wednesday about her brother, Patryk Bogut, who died alone at home of an overdose in 2023. —

Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2026 The group channeled their pain into action, marching by committee rooms where legislators are in hearings to make sure their voices are heard. —

Reg Chapman, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026 At least some people in medicine — doctors, for example — are cheering legislators and regulators on. —

Darius Tahir, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for legislator

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Newsom also goes on to say that he was not asked to speak at the Democratic National Convention in Boston that year, and at a party with then-state senator Barack Obama, who would give a famous keynote address at the convention, he was told no pictures could be taken of the two together.

— CNN.com, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
In addition, midterm elections will take place this November for all members of Congress, and many senators and governors, with primaries slated for the months leading up to the main contest.

— Steven Rosenberg, Oc Register, 24 Feb. 2026