Thesaurus results for LEGISLATIVE

legislative

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Definition of legislative

as in legislature

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Recent Examples of legislative Latest Indiana legislative updates This story may be updated with additional reporting. — Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 2 July 2025 Unfortunately, for the last 50 years, the balance of power that our founders envisioned between the executive and legislative branches of government has been shifting towards the executive and away from the legislative. — Jeff Horseman, Oc Register, 5 May 2026 With Republicans currently controlling both houses of Congress by thin margins, significant legislative could certainly follow, but could still prove difficult on some hot button issues. — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025 Christopher Walters, deputy executive counsel with the Landry administration, said at a May legislative hearing that the state has identified about 390 prisoners who might be eligible to be paroled and deported. — ProPublica, 24 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for legislative

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That means executive orders and White House positioning matters far less than the restrictions and limits on AI moving through state legislatures in Texas, Tennessee, Minnesota, and Indiana.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 30 June 2026
Florida Florida’s state legislature in 2021 amended several of its laws regarding transgender students and school sports.

— Drew Pittock, USA Today, 30 June 2026

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Salted and preserved fish and meats, including bacon, sausage, liver pudding and offal, were staples of working-class people's diets, while the upper classes indulged in such luxuries as white flour and sugar.

— Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
Unfortunately, the diet of these beneficials is not limited to the pests in our ‘bad’ column but includes butterflies, bees and spiders.

— Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026