legislatures

noun

plural of legislature
as in parliaments
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 legislatures Alabama, Alaska, Montana and New Hampshire do not have an applicable statute and do not use drop boxes, according to the state legislatures conference. — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Red-state legislatures rushed to pass stringent prohibitions. — Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026 Gun safety does not begin and end with high-profile fights in Washington or state legislatures. — Brittany Berlin, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026 Talwani's June ruling concluded Trump overstepped a president's authority under the Constitution, which gives power to state legislatures and Congress to set federal election rules. — Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 24 Aug. 2026 The data center industry is only one face of an arrogant oligarchy that people believe now runs Congress, the courts, the White House, state legislatures and local governments. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026 Zoning boards, utility commissions, and state legislatures are democratic institutions doing what democratic institutions do—responding to constituents. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026 That is the part of this history worth remembering as courts, legislatures and technology companies struggle with artificial intelligence and copyright. — David Woodard, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 Administrators, boards of trustees, and state legislatures will almost certainly be asking these questions. — Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislatures
  1. parliaments
  2. houses
  3. congresses
Noun
  • As supposedly independent states, all members of the USSR had their own presidents and parliaments.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
  • Those concerns haven’t stopped European parliaments from pushing for their own versions of an Australian-style ban.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2026
Definition of parliaments
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  • Beyond distribution, the deal includes a co-production slate between ReelShort and Indonesian production houses, with resulting series set to appear on both platforms.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • ReelShort has struck a deal with Indonesian streaming platform Vidio to bring hundreds of microdramas to local audiences, as well as co-produce new short dramas with Indonesian production houses.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of houses
Noun
  • The list of signatories includes many of the field’s most prominent names, more than 50 of whom have spoken at previous congresses.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Palestinian soccer officials have long argued — including at FIFA annual congresses across the past 15 years, before Infantino was president — that Israel violates statutes by letting teams from settlements in the West Bank play in the national league.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
Definition of congresses

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“Legislatures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislatures. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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