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parliamentary

[pahr-luh-men-tuh-ree, -tree, pahrl-yuh-] / ˌpɑr ləˈmɛn tə ri, -tri, ˌpɑrl yə- /


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Political scientist Sergiu Miscoiu told AFP that without a parliamentary majority, Romania faced a political crisis, with "many of the necessary decisions no longer able to be made".

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Progress on the long-delayed Hillsborough Law will continue after ministers agreed to carry the bill over to the next parliamentary session.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

"As of now, the prime minister no longer has the support of a parliamentary majority, which means he no longer has the democratic legitimacy to serve as head of the Romanian government," the party said.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill is currently stuck in parliamentary "ping-pong", where legislation moves between the Commons and Lords until agreement is reached on its final wording.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Does he really think that when you write the history of parliamentary democracy or of the novel that you should not, Whiggishly, tell a story of cumulation?

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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