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Examples of lawmaker in a Sentence
the state's lawmakers worked long into the night drafting a bill that would be acceptable to everyone
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The search for solutions There’s one thing that most people — from Social Security staff to scholars, from lawyers to lawmakers — agree would solve many of SSI’s problems: raising the $2,000 asset limit.
—Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 8 June 2024
As a result, developers and housing advocates are appealing to state lawmakers and others for assistance, contemplating alternative but potentially riskier avenues to insure themselves, or even exiting the affordable-housing business altogether.
—David W. Chen, New York Times, 7 June 2024
As reproductive health care continues to consume the national spotlight, Democratic federal lawmakers have turned now to protecting birth control — but the efforts this week have fallen short, with the help of Idaho’s Republicans.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 7 June 2024
That included the office of Robert Rivas, a Central Coast Democrat and the top lawmaker in the Assembly.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 7 June 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of lawmaker was
in the 14th century
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“Lawmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lawmaker. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.
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