as in legislature
the highest lawmaking body of a political unit
the treaty was referred to the nation's parliament for ratification
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Britain’s new Labor government presented an employment bill to parliament proposing workplace reforms like better maternity leave and banning zero-hour contracts.
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Lindsey Leake, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2024
His father, a judge, had been elected to parliament as a member of Atatürk’s Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi—the only party at the time—which oversaw the vast autocratic project of modernizing the new nation.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
Shortly after being sworn in, the president dissolved the parliament.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 7 Oct. 2024
Senior administration officials have acknowledged that, along with the Iraqi parliament’s resistance to signing a new status of forces agreement, public pressure on the president to fulfill his 2008 campaign pledge to end the war played into his decision to implement a full withdrawal.
—Jeffrey A. Friedman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024
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Lindsey Leake, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2024
His father, a judge, had been elected to parliament as a member of Atatürk’s Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi—the only party at the time—which oversaw the vast autocratic project of modernizing the new nation.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
Shortly after being sworn in, the president dissolved the parliament.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 7 Oct. 2024
Senior administration officials have acknowledged that, along with the Iraqi parliament’s resistance to signing a new status of forces agreement, public pressure on the president to fulfill his 2008 campaign pledge to end the war played into his decision to implement a full withdrawal.
—Jeffrey A. Friedman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Parliament.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parliament. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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