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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
If the legislature so wished, the majority could vote to repeal each of the medical marijuana laws currently in place, with Stitt approving each decision.
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Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 13 Feb. 2026
Democrats had appealed to the Supreme Court that the Tazewell County Circuit Court ruling that Democrats in the legislature acted against proper procedure, striking down the referendum and determining that the current map must stay in place until 2028.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 13 Feb. 2026
The legislature sets teacher base pay.
—Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
Gioia said such a bill authored by State Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, is moving through the legislature currently and could be approved by the summer.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2026
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Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 13 Feb. 2026
Democrats had appealed to the Supreme Court that the Tazewell County Circuit Court ruling that Democrats in the legislature acted against proper procedure, striking down the referendum and determining that the current map must stay in place until 2028.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 13 Feb. 2026
The legislature sets teacher base pay.
—Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
Gioia said such a bill authored by State Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, is moving through the legislature currently and could be approved by the summer.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislature
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Christopher Walters, deputy executive counsel with the Landry administration, said at a May legislative hearing that the state has identified about 390 prisoners who might be eligible to be paroled and deported.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
24 Nov. 2025
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With the session ended, here are the legislative asks Greenberg did — and didn't — get from the General Assembly.—
Eleanor McCrary,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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The visit by Ali Larijani, a former Iranian parliament speaker who now serves as the secretary to the country's Supreme National Security Council, likely focused on what comes next after the initial round of indirect talks held last week in Muscat with the Americans.—
JON GAMBRELL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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This mass appeal translated to a landslide victory on Sunday, securing Takaichi’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) a historic two-thirds supermajority in the lower house of parliament – the first time a single party has done so since World War ii.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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But Sunday’s remarkable landslide mean the LDP now has enough seats to override votes in the upper house of parliament, to propose amendments to the constitution, and to chair all lower house committees alongside its coalition partner.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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When Warren went to pick her up at her parents' house, her brothers, Kevin, Reggie and Wayne, surrounded him.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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During the congress, Kim would likely strengthen a policy of cooperation with Russia, China and other nations to bring out gradual economic developments, Kwak said.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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Doctors raised these concerns at the annual congress of the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG), which was held in Milan in May 2025.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Legislature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislature. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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