legislate
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"We will legislate to deliver on this and further details of the bill will be announced in due course."
From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026
These findings have implications for the policy landscape Mr. Claggett is trying to legislate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
Connolly emphasized that the bill does not attempt to legislate on any prison closure decisions.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2025
Now technically, given this a policy area reserved to Westminster, none of the MSPs elected next May will actually be able to legislate on immigration.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025
“The lawgivers of antiquity...legislated for single cities,” Adams observed, but “who can legislate for 20 or 30 states, each of which is greater than Greece or Rome at those times?”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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