How to Use legislative in a Sentence

legislative

1 of 2 adjective
  • She is interested in the legislative process.
  • For now, all legislative progress is on hold.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The state’s legislative lines would not change.
    — Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Fuller has already notched his first legislative win.
    — Tia Mitchell, AJC.com, 1 May 2026
  • Give them the inside view of what’s going on in the legislative process.
    — Peter Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Changes that have been made-- at legislative level.
    — Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Most of the bans were passed during this year’s legislative session.
    — Azeen Ghorayshi, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
  • None went anywhere, as legislative leaders deemed them not ready for prime time.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
  • The site also has links to livestreams of legislative hearings.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Here’s a look at just eight of those bills that made it across the finish line just ahead of the legislative deadline.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
  • One are the vaccines that have come in through rulemaking that have not gone through a legislative process.
    — March 8, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • In past sessions, the budget served as something of a legislative sun.
    — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 15 May 2026
  • The case is now pending appeal, and the legislative process is starting anew.
    — Jerry Nowicki, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Their legislative resume's are roughly the same length.
    — John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The legislative fix wouldn't allow clerks to count the ballots early.
    — Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The legislative session is set to end May 13.
    — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The legislative intent behind this was clear.
    — Lou Rinaldi, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Tuesday was the final day of the state’s legislative session.
    — Ike Morgan | [email protected], al, 7 June 2023
  • The plan would need legislative intervention to come to fruition.
    — Devyani Chhetri, Dallas Morning News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Throwing legislative tax spaghetti against the wall isn’t going to stick.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
  • In other words, your living room could one day host a piece of legislative history.
    — Jack O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The state’s legislative session has since ended.
    — ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Democrats fared so well in several state legislative elections that the party picked up three seats.
    — Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 23 Sep. 2025
  • We might finally be done talking about the legislative session for a while.
    — Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Both hold the legislative process and public access in the highest regard.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Proposals for tighter laws have stalled or failed in recent legislative sessions.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 1 Nov. 2023
  • But when a request comes close to the end of a budget year, the president may bypass the legislative branch.
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 26 Sep. 2025
  • It may be extended through a legislative proposal at that time.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 25 June 2026
  • The state has been reaping the benefits of these legislative reforms.
    — Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • That petition will soon be the subject of a legislative hearing.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026

legislative

2 of 2 noun
  • Democrats are pinning their hopes on Frank Ramirez, a young former legislative and City Council aide.
    — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Debate over the legislative was later suspended after pro-democracy lawmakers staged a protest, with one dropping a pot of pungent liquid in the chamber.
    — Zen Soo, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2020
  • But Aronovitz, the sweepstakes attorney, argued at the May legislative hearing that the more recent change in state law negated that determination.
    — Dan Petrella, chicagotribune.com, 4 Nov. 2019
  • And Israel, the last 30 years has been a growing arrogation by the Supreme Court of the powers of the executive and the legislative.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Every democracy, including your own, has continuous tension between the judiciary and the executive or the legislative.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • According to a growing number of markets pundits, the best scenario of all is a divided Washington, with one party holding the executive branch and the opposition (or a split) holding the legislative.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 12 July 2020
  • As Abbott did Texas, Governor Lee then engaged a number of state legislatives races during the 2024 cycle in order to help candidates who support school choice beat those who oppose it.
    — Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • That would allow those victims time to file claims without delaying Pacific Gas & Electric's bankruptcy, which faces a June legislative deadline to access a $21 billion state wildfire fund.
    — Arkansas Online, 24 Nov. 2019
  • Brookfield Clerk Kelly Michaels chairs the legislative and communications and advocacy committee for the clerks' association.
    — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Brookfield Clerk Kelly Michaels chairs the legislative and communications and advocacy committee for the clerks' association.
    — Hope Karnopp, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2021

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