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
Murphy said lawmakers have already been upping their security details in the wake of several acts of political violence across the country this year, such as the assassination of two Democratic state legislators in Minnesota this summer.
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Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Senators for decades have cherished the ability to filibuster, allowing extended debates on the floor that required legislators of both parties to compromise on legislation.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
The Democrat apparatchiks in the media will counter with the two Democrat legislators shot in Minnesota last June, one fatally.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
The Minnesota state legislators' shooting took place two months after a Democratic governor and his family were said by police to have been targeted in their own home.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
The deadline to pass bills was Friday, but legislators are planning to extend their work into Saturday to pass additional measures.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Minnesota legislators made straw purchasing a felony on the state level after the Burnsville killings, though some say the penalties need to be strengthened.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Just last month, two Milwaukee legislators introduced a bill to make available $60 million for traffic calming infrastructure to fight reckless driving across the state.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 6 Sep. 2025
That order conflicted with the state’s code, however, and in March, legislators rejected a bill that would have weakened that law and codified religious exemptions to vaccination.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Senators for decades have cherished the ability to filibuster, allowing extended debates on the floor that required legislators of both parties to compromise on legislation.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
The Democrat apparatchiks in the media will counter with the two Democrat legislators shot in Minnesota last June, one fatally.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
The Minnesota state legislators' shooting took place two months after a Democratic governor and his family were said by police to have been targeted in their own home.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
The deadline to pass bills was Friday, but legislators are planning to extend their work into Saturday to pass additional measures.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Minnesota legislators made straw purchasing a felony on the state level after the Burnsville killings, though some say the penalties need to be strengthened.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Just last month, two Milwaukee legislators introduced a bill to make available $60 million for traffic calming infrastructure to fight reckless driving across the state.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 6 Sep. 2025
That order conflicted with the state’s code, however, and in March, legislators rejected a bill that would have weakened that law and codified religious exemptions to vaccination.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislators
Noun
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Many lawmakers, conservative and liberal alike, mourned him and the incident of political violence.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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The Agricultural Council of Arkansas, the Arkansas Rice Growers Association, the Arkansas Farm Bureau and the Arkansas Rice Federation, which is affiliated with the national USA Rice Federation, sent letters to lawmakers.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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Plenty of Republican senators, including Marsha Blackburn and Josh Hawley, are keen to pass regulation that mitigates AI harms.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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California’s senators backed full disclosure.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Legislators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislators. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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