as in lawmakers
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 legislators
Budget brawl House Minority Leader Carolyn Hugley chats with legislators during the 2025 Georgia Legislative session.
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Adam Beam, AJC.com, 15 May 2026
Trump’s Medicaid reductions will start hitting state budgets next year, forcing legislators to make difficult decisions about whom and what to cut.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 15 May 2026
Indeed, Democratic legislators passed bills related to vaccines, immigration enforcement and healthcare subsidies.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 15 May 2026
The remaining revenues have been deposited into a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund that governors and legislators have tapped for various purposes, not all of them connected to emission reductions.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
The Republican legislators who challenged the referendum said Democrats hadn’t raised any legitimate issue of federal law for the justices to decide.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Its purpose is to ensure that the questions before state legislators, members of Congress, and federal agencies are the right questions, asked in the right order, before another five hundred bills are introduced and a patchwork is hardened in place that no one designed and few defend.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 15 May 2026
The veto was later overridden by legislators July 29.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2026
California’s legislators should not just be asking whether to close prisons, for reasons fiscal reasons or otherwise.
—Sarah Anderson, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Adam Beam, AJC.com, 15 May 2026
Trump’s Medicaid reductions will start hitting state budgets next year, forcing legislators to make difficult decisions about whom and what to cut.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 15 May 2026
Indeed, Democratic legislators passed bills related to vaccines, immigration enforcement and healthcare subsidies.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 15 May 2026
The remaining revenues have been deposited into a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund that governors and legislators have tapped for various purposes, not all of them connected to emission reductions.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
The Republican legislators who challenged the referendum said Democrats hadn’t raised any legitimate issue of federal law for the justices to decide.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Its purpose is to ensure that the questions before state legislators, members of Congress, and federal agencies are the right questions, asked in the right order, before another five hundred bills are introduced and a patchwork is hardened in place that no one designed and few defend.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 15 May 2026
The veto was later overridden by legislators July 29.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2026
California’s legislators should not just be asking whether to close prisons, for reasons fiscal reasons or otherwise.
—Sarah Anderson, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislators
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His case drew national attention in December when lawmakers pressed then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a testy congressional hearing about veterans swept up in the crackdown.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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The context North Carolina lawmakers still have not passed a state budget for this fiscal year, which began in July, amid an ongoing tax cut stalemate between the House and Senate.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
10 May 2026
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Several senators were still in the building after holding a session when the gunshots were heard by a throng of journalists, including two from the Associated Press.—
Joeal Calupitan,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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In 2023, senators assailed Ticketmaster, which is owned by Live Nation Entertainment, for its lack of transparency and inability to block bots from purchasing tickets on behalf of scalpers.—
Noe Padilla,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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“Legislators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislators. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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