FEDERAL in a Sentence
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93 example sentences for FEDERAL, such as:
1. They were charged with violating federal law.
2. Twenty eight percent of the federal budget is spent on defense.
3. Mr Milner persuaded the federal prosecutors not to lock up his client.
4. They're ready to cut the federal budget deficit for the next fiscal year.
5. He assigned federal agents to listen in on Martin Luther King's phone calls.
2. Twenty eight percent of the federal budget is spent on defense.
3. Mr Milner persuaded the federal prosecutors not to lock up his client.
4. They're ready to cut the federal budget deficit for the next fiscal year.
5. He assigned federal agents to listen in on Martin Luther King's phone calls.
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Meanings and Examples of FEDERAL
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federal
a. being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War
a. characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities
Classic Sentence:
1 This therefore contains the power of war and peace, leagues and alliances, and all the transactions, with all persons and communities without the commonwealth, and may be called federative, if any one pleases.
2 The same holds also in regard of the federative power, that and the executive being both ministerial and subordinate to the legislative, which, as has been shewed, in a constituted commonwealth is the supreme.
Example Sentence: (91 in 7 pages)
1 Later this month, federal authorities are expected to announce plans to reduce their supplies of water to farmers by three-quarters.
2 The showdown between a district attorney and a Houston Chronicle reporter who refuses to reveal her sources moves into federal court Monday.
3 Five of the six provinces are to become autonomous regions in a new federal system of government.
4 Environmental impact reports are required under many circumstances by federal and state law.
5 Pollution is legally controlled and enforced through various federal and state laws.
6 They're ready to cut the federal budget deficit for the next fiscal year.
7 Mr Milner persuaded the federal prosecutors not to lock up his client.
8 Twenty eight percent of the federal budget is spent on defense.
9 Jeff Groscost actually wanted the Legislature to determine whether a species was truly endangered before the state enforced federal protections.
10 The Trans-Canada highway is a federal responsibility.
11 The federal government has devolved responsibility for welfare to the states.
12 He assigned federal agents to listen in on Martin Luther King's phone calls.
13 They were charged with violating federal law.
14 Under federal law, it is illegal to discriminate against minorities and women.
15 The federal government promulgated the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act.