national assembly

NOUN

federal assembly

Synonyms

WEAK

assembly chamber of deputies congress diet general assembly house of assembly legislative assembly parliament soviet

Example Sentences

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The national assembly, where his party holds a more than two-thirds majority, is expected to approve the mini-budget on Friday.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

He had feared a national assembly, as Mr. Hardman notes, “because he would have no moral authority to restrain one.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Nigeria's national assembly Wednesday launched a probe into how $4.6 billion in international aid grants were spent as the country continues to grapple with high rates of HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.

From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025

He also called for the reinstatement of the national assembly - Eritrea's parliament - which had been dissolved by the president in 2002.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2024

Although the official campaign for the national assembly was not scheduled to begin until February 1994, we started to campaign in earnest after the new constitution was ratified.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela