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legislation

[lej-is-lay-shuhn] / ˌlɛdʒ ɪsˈleɪ ʃən /


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The government is also pushing legislation to make those responsible for damaging public property pay for repairs themselves, instead of using public funds.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Control of it matters for the shaping of legislation.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

In the 1930s and ’40s, Justice Alito explains, the Supreme Court mostly resisted any inclination to strike down Congressional legislation, which had mostly to do with New Deal economic policies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

In New York, legislation has been put forth every year since 2019 to make it easier to prosecute these cases.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Other nations rush to pass mandatory Mind’s Eye legislation, and in a matter of months every person on Earth is living in a fantasy world.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

Kishida returned to Tokyo on Saturday after a nine-day trip and apparently faced pressure from his governing party executives to make a quick decision on Terada before discussions on key legislations resume Monday.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2022

“So, it’s a fight to control the data, and they’ve been very active in fighting those legislations everywhere they can.”

From Reuters ● Apr. 13, 2022

Mr Edwards said: "Orr began to quote that the Health Regulations 2020 were only legislations and not law and that he only listened to common law."

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2021

I think it discredits those who pass these legislations, those who adopt them and those who implement them more than anything else.

From US News ● Dec. 21, 2015

This was the culmination of a long series of the most infamous legislations which ever disgraced a statute book.

From Ku Klux Klan Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment by J. C. Lester




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