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
Democratic legislators behaved atrociously last week during President Trump’s joint address to Congress, booing, heckling, and staging performative walkouts.
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Becket Adams, National Review, 9 Mar. 2025
Call your legislators today and demand lower electric bills.
—Kathy Szeliga, Baltimore Sun, 9 Mar. 2025
Those three, and many more, were legitimate issues, but legislators stubbornly ignored them.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
The details of the bills are still being negotiated by stakeholders, state legislators said during a press conference Wednesday afternoon at the Los Angeles headquarters of the Screen Actors Guild — American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2025
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Becket Adams, National Review, 9 Mar. 2025
Call your legislators today and demand lower electric bills.
—Kathy Szeliga, Baltimore Sun, 9 Mar. 2025
Those three, and many more, were legitimate issues, but legislators stubbornly ignored them.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
The details of the bills are still being negotiated by stakeholders, state legislators said during a press conference Wednesday afternoon at the Los Angeles headquarters of the Screen Actors Guild — American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislator
Noun
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With your population of 40 million (almost twice the size of Florida), you will be entitled to 53 members of Congress and should insist on two Senators per province, or 20 senators.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Mar. 2025
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Less than a year after Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed legislation that would overhaul Florida’s hemp marketplace, Florida senators are trying again.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The industry also lobbies lawmakers to stymie any attempt to place new restrictions, requirements or taxes on them.—
Dylan Scott,
Vox,
14 Mar. 2025
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Mehmet Oz heads to the Senate today, where lawmakers will consider his nomination to be administrator of Medicare and Medicaid.—
Caitlin Owens,
Axios,
14 Mar. 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 24 Mar. 2025.
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