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Recent Examples of parliamentary
Musk formally endorsed Germany's far-right party AfD ahead of the country's parliamentary elections.
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 2 June 2025
While Poland has a parliamentary system in which the president's authority is largely ceremonial, the head of state can veto legislation proposed by lawmakers.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
The outcome leaves it without a parliamentary majority, however, and vulnerable to opposition parties that ousted it two months ago in a confidence vote after less than a year in power.
—Barry Hatton, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
The scandal took place just months before the Oct 3-4 parliamentary election.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 31 May 2025
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 2 June 2025
While Poland has a parliamentary system in which the president's authority is largely ceremonial, the head of state can veto legislation proposed by lawmakers.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
The outcome leaves it without a parliamentary majority, however, and vulnerable to opposition parties that ousted it two months ago in a confidence vote after less than a year in power.
—Barry Hatton, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
The scandal took place just months before the Oct 3-4 parliamentary election.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 31 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parliamentary
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The opening of federal work following the Civil Rights Movement provided an alternative to manual labor, teaching or ministerial work in the form of white-collar jobs and skills training that many took into private sector jobs.—
J. David McSwane,
ProPublica,
4 June 2025
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The Honorable Minister of Information Mohammed Idris addresses the media at the Ministry of Information & National Orientation's ministerial press briefing, on May 16, 2025.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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The first fight under that official banner is expected in 2026.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
10 June 2025
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The collection retails for $45 to $250 and will be available starting June 10 on the Puma website, its stores in New York and Las Vegas, official club stores and other select retailers.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
10 June 2025
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The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency has cut as many as 120,000 federal jobs but many workers have been placed on administrative leave, leaving them on U.S. payrolls pending court cases, Morgan Stanley said in a report.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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Used over six centuries from roughly 2000 B.C. until 1450 B.C., the Minoan palaces were the main administrative, economic, religious and ideological centers of Crete, says Christakis.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Lengthy timelines, changing political priorities and bureaucratic red tape can slow progress and introduce significant uncertainty into project planning.—
Seth Gellis,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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We are entangled in a bureaucratic maze: FEMA, the EPA, Army Corps of Engineers, IRS and a patchwork of state and local agencies.—
Robert Kaplan,
Mercury News,
3 June 2025
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David Schulenburg co-produced the project, with Rick Mischel and Fonda Snyder as executive producers.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
9 June 2025
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David Schulenburg co-produced, with Rick Mischel and Fonda Snyder as executive producers.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
9 June 2025
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“Parliamentary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parliamentary. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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