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 reform strengthens parliament's powers, such as requiring the government to inform the legislature of agreements related to the exploitation of natural resources.
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ABC News,
29 June 2026
But recent changes to the bill — made ahead of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing scheduled for this week — led to a bit of a brouhaha in the legislature.
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Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
29 June 2026
The Townshend Revenue Act threatened to sever this link between Colonial legislatures and British officials.
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Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
After the measures were approved by the Arizona legislature, the Democratic National Committee, the Arizona Democratic Party and nonprofit organizations filed lawsuits seeking to block their enforcement.
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Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for legislature
ABC News,
29 June 2026
But recent changes to the bill — made ahead of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing scheduled for this week — led to a bit of a brouhaha in the legislature.
—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
29 June 2026
The Townshend Revenue Act threatened to sever this link between Colonial legislatures and British officials.
—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
After the measures were approved by the Arizona legislature, the Democratic National Committee, the Arizona Democratic Party and nonprofit organizations filed lawsuits seeking to block their enforcement.
—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for legislature
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislature
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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.
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State lawmakers typically meet every 10 years after the census to draw state legislative, board of education and congressional districts.
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Syria has been without a parliament since the December 2024 offensive by insurgents led by al-Sharaa’s now defunct Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, which ended the Assad family’s five-decade dynasty.
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In a fresh update from Iran, parliament speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has said the country is selling oil at a 20% premium to pre-war crude prices.
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Now that Love's eight children are all grown up and out of the house, the family has opted to sell the home and look for something smaller near Lake Tahoe, according to the listing agency.
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Plaintiffs have used internal documents from the companies to allege that, in house, people have long recognized a correlation between NEC and the use of preterm formulas made from cow’s milk.
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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.
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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.
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“Legislature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislature. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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