legislates
- present tense form of legislate (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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It means that Scotland is currently without any interim targets for cutting emissions until it legislates to replace them with five-yearly carbon budgets.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2025
First, it legislates more than mere time, place and manner restrictions.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2023
“When Congress legislates expenditures and puts in place tax policy that determines taxes, those are the crucial decisions Congress is making,” Yellen told the House Financial Services Committee on Thursday.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2021
This division of responsibility—Congress legislates policy goals and agencies implement them effectively—is the foundation of functional government.
From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2020
An immense amount of business must necessarily be transacted by a Congress that legislates for nearly sixty-three millions of people, inhabiting a territory of over three and a half millions of square miles.
From Government and Administration of the United States by Willoughby, Westel W.
