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
The Kentucky state legislature passed a bill on Wednesday to honor the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk by naming a road after him.
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Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026
Sampson sits on the legislature’s Government Oversight Committee, which has advanced legislation this year that would set new rules for state legislative earmarks.
—Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2026
EdVoice focuses on advocacy, helping authors write bills, lobbying extensively and trying to support the governor and the legislature in passing policy changes that are going to really lift up success for our students and lift up better conditions for teachers and principals.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
State legislatures can define conversion therapy a bit more narrowly, for example, by prohibiting the physical and more coercive techniques that initially gave rise to these bans.
—Kevin Cope, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2026
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Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026
Sampson sits on the legislature’s Government Oversight Committee, which has advanced legislation this year that would set new rules for state legislative earmarks.
—Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2026
EdVoice focuses on advocacy, helping authors write bills, lobbying extensively and trying to support the governor and the legislature in passing policy changes that are going to really lift up success for our students and lift up better conditions for teachers and principals.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
State legislatures can define conversion therapy a bit more narrowly, for example, by prohibiting the physical and more coercive techniques that initially gave rise to these bans.
—Kevin Cope, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislature
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Christopher Walters, deputy executive counsel with the Landry administration, said at a May legislative hearing that the state has identified about 390 prisoners who might be eligible to be paroled and deported.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
24 Nov. 2025
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With the session ended, here are the legislative asks Greenberg did — and didn't — get from the General Assembly.—
Eleanor McCrary,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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What happened Israel’s parliament on Monday gave final approval to legislation that makes death by hanging the default punishment for West Bank Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis.—
Peter Weber,
TheWeek,
31 Mar. 2026
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The law was passed by parliament last month with near-unanimous support.—
Babacar Dione,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
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Bringing a new perspective to campus Last summer, Tamura returned to campus, moving into a house across the street from UC Health.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Photos of the collision show the big rig with its back end on the road and its nose down the hilly yard, just feet from the house.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
31 Mar. 2026
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The list of signatories includes many of the field’s most prominent names, more than 50 of whom have spoken at previous congresses.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2026
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Palestinian soccer officials have long argued — including at FIFA annual congresses across the past 15 years, before Infantino was president — that Israel violates statutes by letting teams from settlements in the West Bank play in the national league.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Legislature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislature. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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