Thesaurus results for SOLON

solon

noun

ˈsō-lən

as in legislator

a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws one of the most politically adept solons in the state legislature

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Recent Examples of solon Things are so one-sided that some solon will soon be filing legislation calling for the creation of a Commission on the Status of Men. —

Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 22 Nov. 2025 Right about then, the Academy solons were probably wishing for something, anything, to distract attention from the Disney imbroglio. —

Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025 Put some of your money in emerging markets, say the solons. —

William Baldwin, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024 These solons will not be bribed into embracing the future! —

Dan Rodricks, baltimoresun.com, 12 June 2018 The NFL Players Association has long been the most toothless of the big-league unions, while the NCAA has a vested interest in denying that its main money-maker presents any contradictions for the solons of higher education. —

Theodore Kupfer, National Review, 14 Dec. 2017

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Titone, who also chairs the Legislature’s Joint Technology Committee, questioned whether the governor’s AI task force can really find statewide consensus because it is packed with industry representatives with conflicting interests and no legislators.

— Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
This is a time for cool, calm and reasoned debate, and for legislators to think through the consequences of legislation put forth.

— Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2026