parliamentary

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Recent Examples of parliamentary Jailed since August 2023, Khan has been facing dozens of cases ranging from charges of graft and misuse of power, to inciting violence against the state after being removed from office in a parliamentary vote of confidence in April 2022. Reuters, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025 By analysing years of parliamentary debate contributions from MPs and Peers, Parlex offers insights into how parliament might react to a new policy if it were debated tomorrow. Carlton Reid, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025 Chinese authorities have pledged to increase the fiscal deficit at an annual parliamentary meeting in March, when they’re also expected to reveal other stimulus measures. Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2025 The country is preparing for parliamentary elections in 2025, and the results could potentially reset the political landscape. James Durso, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for parliamentary 
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  • Lebanon’s system of government requires the new president to convene consultations with lawmakers to nominate a Sunni Muslim prime minister to form a new cabinet, a process that can often be protracted as factions barter over ministerial portfolios.
    Reuters, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
  • At the time, legal experts said that wasn't true, that the vice president's role in certification, even according to the original Electoral Count Act, was purely ministerial.
    Miles Parks, NPR, 6 Jan. 2025
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  • Four nearby cities — Duarte, Azusa, Irwindale and Baldwin Park — have lodged official complaints arguing that transporting hazardous substances 15 miles outside the Eaton fire and into a popular recreation area poses a risk to thousands more.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
  • State of play: Uptown's official vacancy rate is around 23%, according to CBRE's latest report.
    Alexandria Sands, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
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  • The policy ended on March 31, 2023, with eligibility checks and disenrollments recommencing for those who were either ineligible, or whose redetermination could not be completed due to administrative hurdles.
    Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
  • After President Donald Trump’s administration announced a 90-day freeze on foreign assistance, dozens of senior USAID officials were put on administrative leave, and thousands of contractors were laid off.
    Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
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  • Workers submitted to a company, whether I.B.M. or General Motors, and slotted themselves into bureaucratic structures that discouraged risktaking and did not reward individualism.
    Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Californians must rise and reclaim our Golden State from the deathly and devastating grip of endless bureaucratic cancer.
    Stepheny Price, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
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  • That organization’s executive director Sean Van Slyck said the number of people in his OPO’s service area registered to be organ donors has risen 2 percentage points.
    Graham Womack, Sacramento Bee, 28 Jan. 2025
  • An estimated 70% of taxpayers qualify for IRS Free File, but only a fraction of eligible filers use it, according to Tim Hugo, executive director of the Free File Alliance.
    Kate Dore, CFP®, EA, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025

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“Parliamentary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parliamentary. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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