noun B2 Upper-Intermediate

lawmaker

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Lawmaker (noun) means a person who makes or passes laws.

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A person who makes or passes laws.

"Lawmakers in France voted over the weekend of April 10/11 to introduce measures to restrict flights on routes where the same journey can be made by rail in under two and a half hours." — , French to favour rail over short-haul flights (2021)

"Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah both confirmed that a bipartisan group of lawmakers will have a series of video meetings starting in the next several days to see if they could agree on a deal soon." — Lauren Fox, Senate votes to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general (2022)

"“Many members are only now beginning to understand that,” one GOP lawmaker told CNN." — Annie Grayer, Trump border czar privately tempers Republican lawmaker expectations on administration’s initial deportation operation (2025)

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