legislatures
- plural of legislature.
Example Sentences
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Education experts said one possible response to such a scenario is for state legislatures that set licensing requirements to decide some occupations — like barbers and stylists — actually need less training.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Anyone who wants to drive housing affordability, or understand where the housing market is headed, should pay attention not just to state legislatures.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Advocates of originalism say this sort of backward-looking reasoning is the only way to prevent modern judges or legislatures from abridging individual rights ratified in the Constitution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Thirty-one states are currently considering banning surveillance pricing, with bills in New Jersey, New York and Colorado gaining significant traction in their legislatures.
From Salon ● May 18, 2026
But he was not a mover-and-shaker, only a draftsman; the words he wrote were merely the lyrical expression of ideas that had been bandied about in the Congress and the various colonial legislatures for years.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
