as in legislators
a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws
the state's lawmakers worked long into the night drafting a bill that would be acceptable to everyone
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Recent Examples of lawmakers
The House Oversight Committee’s first hearing on the Minnesota fraud scandal was complete with lawmakers pointing fingers and exchanging barbs in heated exchanges.
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Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2026
Most lawmakers who condemned the incident did not call it a murder in their public statements.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Last session, lawmakers nearly passed a $3 million bill to help school districts educate students who need additional services, like a full-time nurse or an ASL interpreter, that can cost more than $50,000.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
Because those employees are in turn often availing themselves of Medi-Cal, Elhawary said, lawmakers see a logical path to taxing their employers in order to support the healthcare system at large.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
But lawmakers would need to agree on details of a proposal — or multiple proposals — that would go on the November ballot.
—Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
The other Democratic lawmakers in the video aren’t drawing military pensions, so are not subject to the military code of justice.
—Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
In a news conference Tuesday afternoon from Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Duffy urged lawmakers to approve the bipartisan bill to reopen the government.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
Progressive groups urged Democratic lawmakers to insist on the 30-day extension and oppose the spending bill, saying business as usual must not continue.
—Kevin Freking, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lawmakers
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Dozens of legislators, senators and construction companies have been accused of receiving kickbacks with money intended for thousands of flood control projects.—
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What legislators and members of Congress are doing California legislators have stepped up efforts to ensure their constituents get access to food.—
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Georgians will vote for governor, senators, attorney general, secretary of state, insurance commissioner, labor commissioner, state superintendent of schools, the public service commission and other local seats.—
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In the United States, a group of senators sent a letter to Apple and Google, urging them to remove X and Grok from their app stores for violating the store’s distribution terms.—
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“Lawmakers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawmakers. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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