lawmaking
Americannoun
adjective
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relating to the process of writing and enacting laws.
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having the power to write and enact laws.
Example Sentences
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Thus would they remain insulated from the volatility of public sentiment and keep their minds on lawmaking.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
Congress was assigned the pivotal tasks of lawmaking and budgeting because controlling government finances was seen as essential to limiting executive power and preventing abuses that the framers associated with monarchy.
From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025
They hope to present the idea to state lawmakers in January, when California’s 2025 lawmaking session begins.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2024
As their power, riches and reach grew, a groundswell of regulatory activity, lawmaking and legal cases sprang up against them in Europe, the United States, China, India, Canada, South Korea and Australia.
From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2024
He was strangely suited to the tussle of lawmaking, calm inside the maelstrom, accustomed to being an outsider, taking defeats in his easy Hawaiian stride.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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