legislature

Example Sentences

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The midterm elections are scheduled for November, and will feature races for the US House of Representatives, a third of the US Senate, and multiple governor and state legislature races.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

“Now I have a third of the legislature following my Facebook page.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

A regulator—a federal agency, a state legislature or an attorney general—wants a certain behavior from an AI developer, a police department or a hospital.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Ladakh has since called upon New Delhi to include it in the "Sixth Schedule" of India's constitution and have their own local legislature to make their laws and policies.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

“We had to. Before the legislature recessed for the year.”

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson