Thesaurus results for LEGISLATORS

legislators

noun

plural of legislator

as in lawmakers

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Recent Examples of legislators After public pushback, state legislators backtracked and repealed some of the requirements. — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026 With this new evidence in hand, North Carolina’s legislators voted in July to continue the program, which was paused in the state’s budget impasse last year, scaling access to key drivers of savings and help close the gap in Medicaid state funding. — Kody Kinsley, STAT, 17 Aug. 2026 For two years, legislators and advocacy groups have proposed amending the Illinois Pesticide Act to require advance notification before spraying near schools and parks. — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026 So far, around 350,000 such messages have been sent to legislators from union members, a spokesperson for the Entertainment Union Coalition tell The Hollywood Reporter. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026 That number never appeared in the budget, but legislators immediately pumped up spending. — Dan Walters, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2026 Illinois legislators adjourned in June without figuring out a Bears property tax solution. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Such oversight, with the encouragement and involvement of state legislators, is very much needed. — John Kostyack, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Faced with federal cuts that slashed billions annually from public healthcare, state legislators touted $250 million Monday in funding to help salvage California’s public hospital system. — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026

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Analysts and Democratic lawmakers have said the US Navy is being stretched thin by the demands of the Iran war and the Navy’s global commitments.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Nationally, white lawmakers typically hold some of the 115-plus House seats where the voting-age population is majority non-white.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

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Democratic senators demanded answers about conditions on the ship after reports of broken plumbing, food shortages, and mental health crisis.

— Michelle Richardson, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
Blowing Oleksa’s cover would mean publicly admitting that there are five senators on her asset list — one of whom was seduced into posing for some, uh, compromising photographs.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026

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