Sample Sentences forlegislature (editor-reviewed)
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The state legislature passed a law to increase the minimum wage, but the governor vetoed it while claiming it would reduce the number of entry-level jobs for young people.legislature = elected body that makes laws
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She is running for the state legislature.legislature = lawmaking body
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Atticus met her when he was first elected to the state legislature. (source)legislature = a group of elected representatives who create laws
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He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. (source)legislatures = elected government representatives
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The Alabama Legislature was in session in Montgomery at this time. (source)Legislature = a group, made up of government representatives, that has the power to create laws
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Must the citizen even for a moment, or in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator? (source)legislator = an elected government representative who (with fellow representatives) has the power to create laws
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We were denied funding from the state legislature, which we needed to get federal matching dollars.† (source)
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We shall employ agents, circulate tracts, petition the State and National legislatures, and endeavor to enlist the pulpit and the press on our behalf.† (source)
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The legislators debating the merits of payday lending didn't mention situations like that.† (source)
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"A legislator for humanity," Miss Octave said happily, a little like a tyrant.† (source)
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Who can say that the legislature of Alabama which set up that state's segregation laws was democratically elected?† (source)
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The federal laws have been widely duplicated by state legislatures.† (source)
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He made himself well known among the Washington elite, mixing with legislators at building cocktail parties, playing golf at the Army Navy Country Club, socializing with police officers and State Department officials, and volunteering to serve as chauffeur after parties.† (source)
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Even a prominent former Louisiana legislator, who wanted to help me while I was in school, was one of my clients.† (source)
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A group of businessmen from the chamber of commerce had tried to persuade Arthur to run for the Washington state legislature.† (source)
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Elections to regional legislatures would take place at the same time as national elections, and the regional bodies could draw up their own constitutions consistent with the national constitution.† (source)
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