legislature

noun

Definition of legislaturenext
as in legislative
a group of people with the power to make or change laws Our legislature passed a law requiring people to wear safety belts. Each state has its own legislature. state legislatures

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Recent Examples of legislature His closest ally in the Florida legislature was Adam Hasner, who is Jewish. — Joseph Strauss, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026 Maduro reclaimed control by simply creating a separate legislature of loyalists. — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 Additional workforce initiatives were included in the Connecticut Artificial Intelligence Responsibility and Transparency (CART) Act, a wide-ranging bill approved by the state legislature earlier this year. — P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026 One of the biggest advocates for the project, Utah state senate president Stuart Adams, lost a reelection bid after 20 years in the state legislature last month. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for legislature
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  1. legislative
  2. parliament
  3. house
  4. congress
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  • The political broker wanted former lawmaker Kim Young-sun to be the conservative People Power Party candidate in the 2022 legislative by-election.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
  • Unfortunately, for the last 50 years, the balance of power that our founders envisioned between the executive and legislative branches of government has been shifting towards the executive and away from the legislative.
    — Jeff Horseman, Oc Register, 5 May 2026
Definition of legislative
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  • The lower house of parliament is widely expected to approve the measure after backing it in three previous readings, completing parliament’s work on the legislation announced by French President Emmanuel Macron over three years ago.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 July 2026
  • But the deal, which is awaiting final clearance from parliament, faces strong opposition from coalition members of Luxon’s government.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Definition of parliament
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  • How to prepare before strong winds approach Trim tree branches away from your house and power lines.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
  • Outside, the cops, led by a dry sinister officer in a long black leather coat, order him to get on the ground, face down; Sophia comes out of the house and is placed in the back of a car, staring at all this through the glass.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 July 2026
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  • Infantino endured another lesson in the limits of his facile brand of diplomacy in Vancouver, when he was outmaneuvered by Jibril Rajoub, the 73-year-old president of the Palestinian Football Association, who had asked to address the congress.
    — Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026
  • The modern history of FIFA begins at dawn eleven years ago, when Swiss police officers entered the Baur au Lac, a luxurious nineteenth-century hotel in Zurich, and started arresting the organization’s delegates, who had gathered for an annual congress.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
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“Legislature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislature. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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