as in legislator
a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws
the state's lawmakers worked long into the night drafting a bill that would be acceptable to everyone
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Recent Examples of lawmaker
Advocates for immigrants and health care workers, as well as lawmakers, fear similar incidents are happening around the state.
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Claudia Boyd Barrett, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
Advocates and lawmakers have consistently criticized the conditions inside centers and the federal administration’s push to increase detainee numbers.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Such remarks have come under increasing scrutiny from Democratic lawmakers, with some considering invoking the 25th Amendment.
—Grace Miserocchi, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
Her message has been received at the federal level by lawmakers.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2026
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Claudia Boyd Barrett, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
Advocates and lawmakers have consistently criticized the conditions inside centers and the federal administration’s push to increase detainee numbers.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Such remarks have come under increasing scrutiny from Democratic lawmakers, with some considering invoking the 25th Amendment.
—Grace Miserocchi, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
Her message has been received at the federal level by lawmakers.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lawmaker
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That was on clear display over the past week, when legislators abdicated their authority over congressional redistricting to the governor.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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Kemp is also weighing bringing the legislators back into session to rework some of the voting systems ahead of November.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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Senate Republicans proposed the biggest tax-cutting proposal this year, and Greenwich Republican Ryan Fazio, the ranking GOP senator on the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, said there’s no reason Connecticut’s next budget can’t do more to assist middle-income households.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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Albritton sent multiple memos to senators reminding them of Florida’s state constitutional limits on redistricting and the requirement that it not be done as a blatantly partisan act.—
Bill Barrow,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Lawmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawmaker. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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