The U.S. government has three branches: the executive, the legislative, and the judicial.
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Legislative
/ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/
Synonyms for "legislative" (86 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Noun(4 words)
Adjective(6 words)
criminal statute textdeliberative discussionenactedfederal legislature billformal instrument of lawgovernmental reforms
Strong matches (25)
Noun(9 words)
hate crime statutelawmaking authoritylawmaking bodylawmaking historylawmaking powerlawmaking processlawmaking pushlegislation procedurelegislation workshop
Adjective(5 words)
Related words (43)
Adjective(22 words)
more lawmakingparliamentaryparliamentary bold moveparliamentary lawmakingparliamentary levelparliamentary privilegespolitical changepolitical descriptorpolitical institutionspolitical meetingspolitical procedurepolitical process curriculumpolitical violence policystate law codestate-governmental directivestatutorystatutory codestatutory corpusstatutory draftingstatutory framework
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statutory requirementsswedish legislation
Adverb(1 words)
more parliamentary level
Determiner(1 words)
most lawmaking
Noun(10 words)
mppolicy mattersstate legislaturestate legislature processstate statute bookstate statute codestatutory-ruletax statute interpretationswritten-lawwritten-law corpus
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6 entrieslegislative actlegislative agendalegislative branchlegislative processlegislative proposallegislative session
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2 entriesmore legislativemost legislative
Derivations
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13 total sentences available.
The reconciliation report was issued in violation of the legislative requirements.
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Elena Mizulina, infamous for her legislative initiatives, suggested in her interview to the REN-TV channel that the phrase “gays are people too” may be considered extremist.
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The Bundestag, the German legislative body, meets in the Reichstag building in Berlin.
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