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
For their part, state legislatures should require their institutions to be homes of civil and open debate by passing legislation based on The Campus Intellectual Diversity Act.
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Shannon Watkins, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
Jackson argued that Burt Jones' work in the legislature was further evidence that the lieutenant governor is corrupt, a message that the health care tycoon is pushing in advertising too.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Republican legislatures in other states — including Ohio, North Carolina and Missouri — followed suit.
—Justin Papp,dan Mangan, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
The college also proposed creating a think tank that would draft recommendations for the West Virginia legislature.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
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Shannon Watkins, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
Jackson argued that Burt Jones' work in the legislature was further evidence that the lieutenant governor is corrupt, a message that the health care tycoon is pushing in advertising too.
—ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
Republican legislatures in other states — including Ohio, North Carolina and Missouri — followed suit.
—Justin Papp,dan Mangan, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
The college also proposed creating a think tank that would draft recommendations for the West Virginia legislature.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislature
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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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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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Incoming members of parliament are slated to take their oaths next month, and it is expected that Prime Minister-designate Peter Magyar will push for the legislature to address the anti-LGBT laws immediately.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Apr. 2026
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One survivor of the US-Israeli purge of Iran’s political and military leadership was Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the country’s long-serving parliament speaker, who led the first round of negotiations with the US in Islamabad.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2026
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As Mercury joins Mars in Aries in your 9th house, curiosity turns into action and ideas want movement from you.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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For One Person After her husband died, Betty Constable lived alone in her house on Orchard Circle in Princeton.—
John McPhee,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Ramagem was stripped of his seat in Brazil’s congress in December as a consequence of his conviction in the coup case.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Polls show that Peruvians overwhelmingly want fresh blood in their politics, meaning candidates without links to the current congress.—
Simeon Tegel,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Legislature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislature. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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