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
Illinois, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Missouri, Tennessee and New Jersey have bills that are moving through their legislatures which could eventually trigger the Connecticut law when passed, La Valle said.
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Julia Casola, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2026
The 24th District is also one of the few remaining Black majority districts in the South after Republican state legislatures have aggressively pursued new voting maps after the Supreme Court altered its interpretation of the federal Voting Rights Act.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Other legislatures have enacted pauses or bans, but this is believed to be the first move of its kind.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 4 June 2026
Jackson County Legislative Chair Manny Abarca, a co-sponsor of the ordinance, said last week that the delay in the ordinance was partly due to the full legislature being unable to meet over recent weeks.
—Ben Wheeler
june 4, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
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Julia Casola, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2026
The 24th District is also one of the few remaining Black majority districts in the South after Republican state legislatures have aggressively pursued new voting maps after the Supreme Court altered its interpretation of the federal Voting Rights Act.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Other legislatures have enacted pauses or bans, but this is believed to be the first move of its kind.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 4 June 2026
Jackson County Legislative Chair Manny Abarca, a co-sponsor of the ordinance, said last week that the delay in the ordinance was partly due to the full legislature being unable to meet over recent weeks.
—Ben Wheeler
june 4, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
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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.—
Jeff Horseman,
Oc Register,
5 May 2026
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State lawmakers typically meet every 10 years after the census to draw state legislative, board of education and congressional districts.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Apr. 2026
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During his speech in parliament, the pope called for the seal – confidentiality – of confession to be protected.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
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In his speech to the Spanish parliament Monday, Leo framed the right of the church to keep priest-penitent conversations confidential as a matter of freedom of religion.—
Suman Naishadham,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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The house was built in 2007 and the living area totals 3,892 square feet.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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What does a society look like when people have houses and care for their children?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 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
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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.—
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 12 Jun. 2026.
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