as in legislatures
the highest lawmaking body of a political unit
the treaty was referred to the nation's parliament for ratification
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Recent Examples of parliaments
As supposedly independent states, all members of the USSR had their own presidents and parliaments.
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Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
Those concerns haven’t stopped European parliaments from pushing for their own versions of an Australian-style ban.
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Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2026
That last insight must come as a shock to a president who until recently viewed the legislature, controlled by his own party, roughly as North Korea’s Kim Jong Un or Russia’s Vladimir Putin regard their rubber-stamp parliaments.
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Andreas Kluth,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
The country elected its first female prime minister just last year, and women currently make up less than 15% of the House of Representatives, according to IPU Parline, which tracks global data on national parliaments.
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Yumi Asada,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
The elections saw Labour lose 1,498 councillors in England and lose control of both the Scottish and Welsh parliaments, prompting immediate demands for change in Downing Street.
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David Brennan,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
Thursday’s municipal elections marked the biggest political test for Starmer since Labour’s landslide victory in the 2024 General Election, with roughly 5,000 seats contested across 136 councils in England, in addition to six mayoral races and elections for the Scottish and Welsh parliaments.
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Callum Sutherland,
Time,
8 May 2026
In general, any agreements to end a war must be signed by the presidents, and then they must either be ratified by parliaments or through a referendum.
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Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
But the leaders have yet to sign the treaty and parliaments have yet to ratify it.
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Michelle L. Price,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
Those concerns haven’t stopped European parliaments from pushing for their own versions of an Australian-style ban.
—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2026
That last insight must come as a shock to a president who until recently viewed the legislature, controlled by his own party, roughly as North Korea’s Kim Jong Un or Russia’s Vladimir Putin regard their rubber-stamp parliaments.
—
Andreas Kluth,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
The country elected its first female prime minister just last year, and women currently make up less than 15% of the House of Representatives, according to IPU Parline, which tracks global data on national parliaments.
—
Yumi Asada,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
The elections saw Labour lose 1,498 councillors in England and lose control of both the Scottish and Welsh parliaments, prompting immediate demands for change in Downing Street.
—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
Thursday’s municipal elections marked the biggest political test for Starmer since Labour’s landslide victory in the 2024 General Election, with roughly 5,000 seats contested across 136 councils in England, in addition to six mayoral races and elections for the Scottish and Welsh parliaments.
—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
8 May 2026
In general, any agreements to end a war must be signed by the presidents, and then they must either be ratified by parliaments or through a referendum.
—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
But the leaders have yet to sign the treaty and parliaments have yet to ratify it.
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Michelle L. Price,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parliaments
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In its Supreme Court appeal, the American Civil Liberties Union said the justices should get involved because state legislatures are increasingly imposing new burdens on voters who are supposed to be protected by the federal law.
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Steyer ran as the ultimate embodiment of the long-running strategy promoted by the Rockefeller family and fellow billionaire interests to weaponize courts, legislatures, and public opinion against American oil and gas producers.
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The list of signatories includes many of the field’s most prominent names, more than 50 of whom have spoken at previous congresses.
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Palestinian soccer officials have long argued — including at FIFA annual congresses across the past 15 years, before Infantino was president — that Israel violates statutes by letting teams from settlements in the West Bank play in the national league.
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“Parliaments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parliaments. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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