parliamentary

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Recent Examples of parliamentary Metsola defended the decision as consistent with parliamentary procedure and offered condolences. Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025 Since last summer’s parliamentary election failed to deliver a majority to any one party or bloc, two governments have collapsed amid dispute over the coming year’s budget — reigniting concerns the country is on an unsustainable fiscal track. Jenni Reid, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025 An Italian parliamentary committee found that the government had used its Graphite spyware to only surveil human rights defenders. Vas Panagiotopoulos, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025 Advertisement Macron loyalist Lecornu entered politics at 19, becoming the country’s youngest parliamentary assistant. Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for parliamentary
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Adjective
  • Landau, in Seoul for a Korea-US vice foreign ministerial meeting, said that the 316 South Koreans who returned home Friday on a chartered jet after being detained in Georgia will face no disadvantage when re-entering the US, according to South Korea’s foreign ministry.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The plaintiffs claim his acts denied access to justice, violated ministerial duties and undermined the public’s trust.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Their university boards adopted the principles as official policy in the fall of 2024.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
  • But while Colvin’s professional stint amounted to little more than a brief stop with the San Francisco 49ers—without even appearing in an official NFL game—Robinson spent three seasons in the NBA and won a championship with the Seattle SuperSonics in 1979.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
    Amanda Castro Shane Croucher Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Cancelling all skeptics was Democrat policy – the Orwellian censorship was being enforced by, among other governmental agencies, the FBI.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The guardsmen, who will be unarmed, will also be asked to help federal immigration officials process detainees and perform administrative tasks.
    Juan Cordoba, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Regardless, taxpayers with FBAR penalty disputes should carefully monitor the decision and assert Sagoo at both the administrative and federal district court levels, where necessary.
    Matthew L. Roberts, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Philanthropic support, untied to narrow deliverables, can enable scientists to cross the disciplinary silos that federal agencies often reinforce — silos that reflect not just bureaucratic divisions but also entrenched cultural differences across the sciences.
    John Drake, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • However the panel was pessimistic about the time frame for change, considering the EU’s bureaucratic structure.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Rabia Chaudry, an attorney and friend of the Syed family, who brought the story to Serial host Sarah Koenig and is an executive producer on the docuseries, considers the murder of Lee unsolved.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Miran has already uttered the unthinkable about dollar dominance and done the unthinkable by serving as an executive branch loyalist on the Fed board.
    Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Most of the local systems that control the water treatment processes there, including the technology systems known as SCADA systems, which stands for supervisory control and data acquisition systems, are not connected to the internet.
    Jenna McLaughlin, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025
  • This year, Putin announced his rival contest, with a top Kremlin aide named to head the supervisory board.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025

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“Parliamentary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parliamentary. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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