PARLIAMENTARY Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

parliamentary

adjective

Definition of parliamentary

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Recent Examples of parliamentary In April’s parliamentary vote, the party won 131 of the 240 seats in parliament, securing an outright majority. — Veselin Toshkov, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026 The Students' List movement swept the parliamentary election on Sunday against Vucic's right-wing Serbian Progressive Party, which has ruled unchallenged for 14 years. — Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026 The students turned their activism into a political movement and put forward a list of candidates to compete in the parliamentary election this year. — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026 Together, Eisenkot's bloc and the Arab parties would command a comfortable parliamentary majority of more than 67 seats. — Itay Stern, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for parliamentary

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Adjective

Tankers carrying Russian diesel are sailing to the United States, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is expected to attend a G20 ministerial meeting in Atlanta starting Friday, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Kamalvandi made the remarks while discussing Iran's participation in an international ministerial conference on nuclear energy in South Korea.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of ministerial

Adjective

Outside investigators may examine Huang’s official correspondence, travel schedules, and personal device usage alongside company access logs.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2026
Similar reports have been made in previous days, with no official confirmation or claims as to what might have caused them.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of official

Adjective

Investigating justified suspicion about noncitizen voting is a legitimate governmental responsibility.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
Their two paths to power — which led them on vastly different journeys through different countries, organizations and governmental roles — left them on a collision course to lead Los Angeles.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of governmental

Adjective

Enforcement should address speech codes, discriminatory security fees, selective recognition of student groups, and administrative acquiescence in the heckler’s veto.

— Ilya Shapiro, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
News reports state Walter was placed on administrative leave and released on bond, which totaled $10,000 bond for evading, $1,500 for DWI and $1,000 for resisting.

— Jarrod Wardwell, Houston Chronicle, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of administrative

Adjective

Even bureaucratic snafus, like not following the proper procedures when making major changes to regulations, can yield meaningful results, potentially leading to the overturning of regulatory rollbacks and even legal trouble for agency officials.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026
The inherently bureaucratic nature of enforcing immigration law has always been at odds with the paramilitary image that is sold to most recruits.

— Francisco Cantú, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of bureaucratic

Adjective

Taiwan’s Minister of Culture Li Yuan attended, alongside Chunghwa chief business officer and senior executive VP Lin Wen-chiyh, consumer business group president Hu Hsueh-hai and representatives from the presenting teams.

— Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026
Burns joined the twenty-seventh annual New Yorker Festival to discuss his work with Michael Luo, an executive editor at the magazine, and the importance of chronicling history at a time when more and more is being written over and erased.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of executive

Adjective

Officials, for example, have not explained whether Young’s administrative leave was related to allegations against him personally, his supervisory responsibilities or another reason.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
In September, with around 48 percent of Hugo Boss’ shares, Frasers Group CEO Michael Murray was appointed chairman of Hugo Boss’ supervisory board; Murray had been a member of the broad since May 2025.

— Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of supervisory

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