How to Use lawmaker in a Sentence

lawmaker

noun
  • State lawmakers are set to vote on it this week.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
  • This spring, lawmakers plan to vote on a change.
    — Alina Selyukh, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Most lawmakers still have not been briefed about the deal.
    — ABC News, 23 June 2026
  • Quezada has spent a decade as a state lawmaker and runs a law firm.
    — Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Hegseth talks to lawmakers about the Iran war.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • Newsom and lawmakers agreed to hash out a deal this fall.
    — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Levi is concerned that some lawmakers may try to change the bill.
    — Tom Wait, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • That lawmakers had announced a deal came as a shock.
    — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
  • But state lawmakers are poised to tackle many of them.
    — Alan Greenblatt, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • In fact, many lawmakers are already on board.
    — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Here’s what the lawsuit claims lawmakers did wrong.
    — Elissa Robinson, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Are lawmakers close to reaching a deal?
    — Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Are lawmakers close to reaching a deal?
    — Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The lords can amend bills and send them back to lawmakers for another look.
    — ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Johnson said lawmakers have a lot of work to do in their districts.
    — Kevin Freking, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The lawmaker instead offered to take a blood test, the video shows.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • How does someone gather such wealth on a state lawmaker’s salary?
    — Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
  • Still, top lawmakers are sounding alarm.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 10 June 2026
  • Warsh sidestepped questions about whether the Fed would raise rates, even though lawmakers pressed him.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 14 July 2026
  • But lawmakers now say that will not happen, either.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
  • There is no limit to the number of amendments lawmakers can seek.
    — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 30 June 2025
  • Meanwhile, some lawmakers have sought to curtail the strikes.
    — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Some lawmakers may retire, and others may have been drawn out of their districts.
    — Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The first-term lawmaker acknowledged that word of the bill hasn’t traveled far and wide.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
  • That won’t happen if lawmakers don’t get more obstacles out of the way.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The other lawmakers who appeared in the video are Sens.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The onus should be on lawmakers to protect children instead, the judge said.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • Just this year, Idaho lawmakers changed the state’s law to include e-bikes.
    — Idaho Statesman, 30 June 2026
  • Most other lawmakers were mum about specifics from their meetings with Vance.
    — Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 10 Oct. 2025
  • About a dozen lawmakers from both parties joined Roy onstage.
    — Leah Askarinam, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025

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