Thesaurus results for LEGISLATURE

legislature

noun

Definition of legislature

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a group of people with the power to make or change laws Our legislature passed a law requiring people to wear safety belts. Each state has its own legislature. state legislatures

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Recent Examples of legislature Nguyen introduced the legislation in December 2024 and garnered bipartisan support in the legislature. — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026 Alberto Fujimori of Peru faxes a letter of resignation from Tokyo; the following day the legislature refuses to accept his resignation and deposes him instead. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026 This spring, Russia’s legislature began debating a bill that would fund fertility treatment for veterans and their wives. — Diana Dukhanova, The Conversation, 6 July 2026 Information about what’s going on in and around one’s community – in the town hall, on the school board, or at the state legislature – is critical to civic participation. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for legislature

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Unfortunately, for the last 50 years, the balance of power that our founders envisioned between the executive and legislative branches of government has been shifting towards the executive and away from the legislative.

— Jeff Horseman, Oc Register, 5 May 2026
State lawmakers typically meet every 10 years after the census to draw state legislative, board of education and congressional districts.

— Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2026

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The leader of the Reform UK party – which is topping most UK opinion polls – resigned as a member of parliament for Clacton-on-Sea, his constituency in southeast England, on Tuesday, amid mounting controversy over undeclared financial donations.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
The Italian parliament is advancing legislation to create a formal process for restituting art and cultural property looted by the Nazis under Italian Fascist racial laws.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026

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Authorities wanted to close what some consider a legal loophole allowing cardrooms to offer blackjack and games in which players play against the house.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Bieber recently brought down the house at this year’s Coachella, playing both weekends as the headliner.

— Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026

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Infantino endured another lesson in the limits of his facile brand of diplomacy in Vancouver, when he was outmaneuvered by Jibril Rajoub, the 73-year-old president of the Palestinian Football Association, who had asked to address the congress.

— Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026
The modern history of FIFA begins at dawn eleven years ago, when Swiss police officers entered the Baur au Lac, a luxurious nineteenth-century hotel in Zurich, and started arresting the organization’s delegates, who had gathered for an annual congress.

— Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

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