as in parliaments
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 legislatures
In June, the court’s conservative majority decided to leave questions about transition care in the hands of state legislatures.
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Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Within months, the legislatures in both states had signed off on gerrymandered versions of their congressional maps, each intended to give the dominant political party five additional seats in Congress.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
The court is likely to leave such questions about what is factually true for state legislatures to determine.
—Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, for years, state legislatures have been passing laws that seek to reshape academic labor on the front end, by gutting funding for hires and imposing new criteria for appointment and retention.
—Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Now, state legislatures like the Tennessee General Assembly have passed laws restricting educational materials and library books.
—Angele Latham, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025
Because of that, Levant fears that state legislatures will shy away from further regulation.
—Karen Brown, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
Nine other states have active AI bills in their respective state legislatures.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 25 Sep. 2025
Some state legislatures have passed grant programs meant to help schools foot the bill for those upgrades, including in Texas and Florida, where mass shootings at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas in 2018 and Robb Elementary School in 2022 rattled the country.
—Tonya Simpson, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Within months, the legislatures in both states had signed off on gerrymandered versions of their congressional maps, each intended to give the dominant political party five additional seats in Congress.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
The court is likely to leave such questions about what is factually true for state legislatures to determine.
—Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, for years, state legislatures have been passing laws that seek to reshape academic labor on the front end, by gutting funding for hires and imposing new criteria for appointment and retention.
—Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Now, state legislatures like the Tennessee General Assembly have passed laws restricting educational materials and library books.
—Angele Latham, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025
Because of that, Levant fears that state legislatures will shy away from further regulation.
—Karen Brown, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
Nine other states have active AI bills in their respective state legislatures.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 25 Sep. 2025
Some state legislatures have passed grant programs meant to help schools foot the bill for those upgrades, including in Texas and Florida, where mass shootings at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas in 2018 and Robb Elementary School in 2022 rattled the country.
—Tonya Simpson, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislatures
Noun
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Leadership does not reside in parliaments or boardrooms alone.—
Felipe Arango,
Sourcing Journal,
26 Sep. 2025
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The king presented the lawmakers with an hour glass to time their speeches, and highlighted the fundamental role of strong parliaments to democracy.—
Reuters,
CNN,
19 Oct. 2024
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Already this season, nine houses have collapsed along the Outer Banks of North Carolina in rough surf and damaging waves as a pair of hurricanes, Humberto and Imelda, stirred up the ocean well offshore.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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Some of the houses, into which refugees entered in my hometown, had been vacated by frightened Jewish citizens with foreign passports who could not envisage living in a non-apartheid country.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, the city continues to grow as a MICE destination, hosting congresses, fairs, and international events in venues like the City of Arts and Sciences or Feria València.—
Visit València,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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The letter follows members of the UN’s human rights council in calling for Israel’s suspension from football, while the PFA has done so at the last two FIFA congresses.—
Ali Rampling,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Legislatures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislatures. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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