parliamentary

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Recent Examples of parliamentary But on any list of strange elections, the 2026 parliamentary election in Hungary will stand out—this may be the world’s first post-reality campaign. Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026 Hungary will have its next parliamentary election in April in which Orban will seek his fifth term as prime minister. John Shattuck, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026 The crop’s pricing, export access, and regulation have repeatedly featured in parliamentary debates and khat has played a key role in campaign pledges. Joseph Maina, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 2026 Gas stations would only be allowed to increase prices once per day at midday, according to a parliamentary statement. Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for parliamentary
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Adjective
  • Other heritage suites are less intimidatingly ministerial.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Shah, who is the RSP’s prime ministerial candidate, won the 2022 Kathmandu mayoral race.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • But many senior figures within the sport point to claims of positive fan feedback, although so far no official numbers have been released to support these claims from the F1 organization.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • No wonder Besler, the Blue Valley West High School grad who spent 12 of his 13 MLS seasons with Sporting KC, is an official ambassador for KC2026.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Governments can also be classified by mode of succession; for example, ascension to governmental leadership may follow the rules of hereditary succession, or it may be determined through elections or by force.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Team officials still are waiting for Illinois lawmakers to approve a proposal that would let the Bears negotiate long-term property tax breaks with local schools and other governmental agencies for a site in Arlington Heights.
    Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was placed on administrative duties, according to police.
    DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • To calculate the estimates, researchers Altonji and co-author Zhengren Zhu, a professor at Vassar College, used administrative data from the Texas Education Research Center to develop causal estimates for 121 specific advanced degrees.
    Jake Angelo, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The public displays of control are happening amid an internal bureaucratic collapse.
    Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Despite later holding positions that appeared political or bureaucratic, Sabti said Vahidi never truly stepped away from the Revolutionary Guards, Iran’s powerful military and intelligence arm, meaning his role remained closely tied to the regime’s security and operational apparatus.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Before those teams even debuted on the ice, Amy Scheer, the league’s executive vice president of business operations, revealed the league would add two to four new teams by 2026-27.
    Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Frank Louie, executive director of the Stockton Boulevard Partnership, said the project is game-changing.
    ANNIKA MERRILEES, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • But her lawyer, Stacy Tolchin, said the record showed that the order lacked supervisory approval and was never finalized, so there was no valid removal order to reinstate.
    Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
  • County Supervisor Juan Miguel Martinez began his push to rename the park, which is in his supervisory district.
    Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 23 Mar. 2026

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“Parliamentary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parliamentary. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.

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