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legislator

noun

ˈle-jə-ˌslā-tər

Definition of legislator

as in senator

a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws the legislators met in an all-night session to hammer out the details of the bill

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Recent Examples of legislator The 40-member commission includes legislators, college presidents, superintendents, teachers’ union leaders, CBIA, and state officials, among others. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026 Assemblymember Dawn Addis, D-Morro Bay, said she has been involved in conversations among legislators about potential changes and is eager to know more about what happened with the Los Angeles County cases. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026 None of these has been resolved, and legislators should remember that all three are their responsibility, not the Fed's. — Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Latino Victory Project has endorsed downballot in New York for state legislators. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for legislator

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As Georgia’s first Jewish senator, Ossoff would have the potential to make history again as the country’s first Jewish president.

— Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
The last time Alaska elected a Democrat as senator was in 2008, and the state has voted for a Republican in every presidential election since 1968.

— Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of senator

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Caruso was among the 95 state representatives who voted to pass the new law in 2023; 14 lawmakers voted against it.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
In a letter to university leadership, two Republican lawmakers urged the UC system to move quickly to reinstate the use of SAT and ACT scores in undergraduate admissions.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of lawmaker

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In the Mongol model, universal empire was matched with the extreme personalization of political authority, with the Great Khan functioning as the primary lawgiver not accountable to anyone else.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Centuries earlier, the ancient lawgiver Solon had sought to curb pleonexia by legislating against luxury and economic inequality.

— David Lay Williams, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024

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