as in legislator
a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws
one of the most politically adept solons in the state legislature
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Recent Examples of solon
Things are so one-sided that some solon will soon be filing legislation calling for the creation of a Commission on the Status of Men.
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Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 22 Nov. 2025
Right about then, the Academy solons were probably wishing for something, anything, to distract attention from the Disney imbroglio.
—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Put some of your money in emerging markets, say the solons.
—William Baldwin, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
These solons will not be bribed into embracing the future!
—Dan Rodricks, baltimoresun.com, 12 June 2018
The NFL Players Association has long been the most toothless of the big-league unions, while the NCAA has a vested interest in denying that its main money-maker presents any contradictions for the solons of higher education.
—Theodore Kupfer, National Review, 14 Dec. 2017
Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 22 Nov. 2025
Right about then, the Academy solons were probably wishing for something, anything, to distract attention from the Disney imbroglio.
—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Put some of your money in emerging markets, say the solons.
—William Baldwin, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
These solons will not be bribed into embracing the future!
—Dan Rodricks, baltimoresun.com, 12 June 2018
The NFL Players Association has long been the most toothless of the big-league unions, while the NCAA has a vested interest in denying that its main money-maker presents any contradictions for the solons of higher education.
—Theodore Kupfer, National Review, 14 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solon
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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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“Solon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solon. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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