national assembly

NOUN

federal assembly

Synonyms

WEAK

assembly chamber of deputies congress diet general assembly house of assembly legislative assembly parliament soviet

Example Sentences

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More than eight million people are registered to vote for members of the national assembly, where lawmakers from the ruling party currently hold a majority.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

He had feared a national assembly, as Mr. Hardman notes, “because he would have no moral authority to restrain one.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Nigeria's national assembly Wednesday launched a probe into how $4.6 billion in international aid grants were spent as the country continues to grapple with high rates of HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.

From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025

Simultaneously, the government arrested 11 of the G-15, including three former foreign ministers, a chief of staff of the armed forces and several members of the national assembly.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2025

Although the official campaign for the national assembly was not scheduled to begin until February 1994, we started to campaign in earnest after the new constitution was ratified.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela