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parliamentary

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


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A return to the top was a distant dream amid the dramas of two groundshares with Northampton and Birmingham, a detested ownership in Sisu, multiple protests and parliamentary mentions.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Germany is likely to join the mission, which requires parliamentary authorization and a robust international mandate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Not content with mere parliamentary preeminence, de Gaulle quickly fashioned a Fifth Republic with a semimonarchical presidency to which he was elected the following year, an office he would hold for a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Hounkpe ran a low-key campaign and needed the help of majority lawmakers to secure the required parliamentary endorsements even to get on the ballot paper.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 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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