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lawmaker

[law-mey-ker] / ˈlɔˌmeɪ kər /


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A few images were released, but no video or audio that made clear he was able to speak, let alone fulfill his duties as a lawmaker.

From Salon Sep. 17, 2026

Anthropic’s Amodei siblings hail from the Rationalist school, as do Sanders’ A.I. whisperers, who got the lawmaker a personal meeting with Yudkowsky about extinction.

From Slate Sep. 15, 2026

He served as a pro-democracy lawmaker for more than 20 years.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

But Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksiy Honcharenko said the pair were expected in the Ukrainian capital on Sunday.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

As each freeman was his own judge and his own lawmaker, so he was his own house-priest; and English worship lay commonly in the sacrifice which the house-father offered to the gods of his hearth.

From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by John Richard Green

In a Monday speech ahead of the Clarity Act vote, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins urged lawmakers to pass the bill, but signaled that crypto regulation was coming regardless of whether Congress acted.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Ceuta's Mayor Juan Jesus Vivas told lawmakers in the European Parliament earlier this month that the migrants had turned Ceuta into a "pressure cooker".

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Chris Brown is speaking out after lawmakers honored him during his concert in Arlington, Texas, then apologized for the honor.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

Public anxiety has intensified following warnings from researchers and industry leaders about increasingly powerful systems, while lawmakers remain deeply divided over how aggressively Washington should intervene.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

Codifying the treatment and rights of “free Negroes” within a slave society was always a troublesome task for lawmakers, for the mere presence of nonslave blacks threatened the established order.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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