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Recent Examples of parliamentary
The 60-year-old’s day job is as the parliamentary representative for the English seaside town of Clacton, and as the leader of Reform, the latest of his populist right-wing parties.
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Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
In the country's recent parliamentary elections, the Demokraatit party defeated Greenlandic Prime Minister Múte Egede’s party, Inuit Ataqatigiit.
—Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2025
The surge in Canadian nationalism has bolstered the Liberal Party’s chances in a parliamentary election expected within days or weeks, and Liberal showings have been improving steadily in opinion polls.
—Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
Some senior military and police officials sent to the assembly have testified that Yoon ordered them to pull out lawmakers to thwart a parliamentary vote on the decree.
—arkansasonline.com, 9 Mar. 2025
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Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
In the country's recent parliamentary elections, the Demokraatit party defeated Greenlandic Prime Minister Múte Egede’s party, Inuit Ataqatigiit.
—Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2025
The surge in Canadian nationalism has bolstered the Liberal Party’s chances in a parliamentary election expected within days or weeks, and Liberal showings have been improving steadily in opinion polls.
—Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025
Some senior military and police officials sent to the assembly have testified that Yoon ordered them to pull out lawmakers to thwart a parliamentary vote on the decree.
—arkansasonline.com, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parliamentary
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In the city’s initial ministerial review in 2020, the developer was asked to confirm that the science and research uses would generate up to 3,540 ADT, and that accessory retail and service uses would be non-trip generating and therefore not count against the square footage.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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Syrians are also wary of the promises of inclusivity coming from a government led by Mr. al-Shara’s Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which has given government and ministerial positions to its own loyalists.—
Raja Abdulrahim,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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Martínez’s official Facebook page confirmed his death and mourned the loss of the musician.—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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Hot on the heels of his Fashion Week fete, Kors was clinking glasses this time around due to his brand making its official debut on Amazon earlier that day.—
Freya Drohan,
Vogue,
19 Mar. 2025
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Without a court order, the federal government can seize up to 15% of a defaulted borrower's paycheck via administrative wage garnishment.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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This can help reduce a medical office’s administrative burden and perhaps even combat health care worker burnout.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2025
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Americans grew to accept what were new forms of bureaucratic intervention introduced by Roosevelt and the Democrats for the purpose of managing capitalism.—
Justin Peck / Made by History,
TIME,
14 Mar. 2025
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The bureaucratic overhead of administering grants dilutes their efficiency, with federal dollars usually arriving below 65 cents on the dollar.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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One of the issues the Board is facing is hiring a new executive director after Board members decided not to renew the contract of Steve Wilson, who resigned in January, per previous reporting.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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Serving as executive producers are Hoover, Williams, Franco and Grace.—
Ryan Gajewski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Parliamentary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parliamentary. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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