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bicameral

adjective

bi·​cam·​er·​al (ˌ)bī-ˈkam-rəl How to pronounce bicameral (audio)
-ˈka-mə-
government : having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber entry 1 sense 4a)
a bicameral legislature comprised of the House of Representatives and the Senate
bicameralism noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The legislation was approved by the lower house of the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands on Tuesday. BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2022 The legislation, which is 2,741 pages, is the culmination of months of bicameral and bipartisan negotiations between top Democratic and Republican appropriators. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2022 However, for these efforts to be successful, Democrats will need to align on a bicameral level on which issues to prioritize, and continue working to bring members of the Republican Party on board. Lewis Koski, Forbes, 16 May 2022 Democrats may have won the popular presidential vote in five out of the last six elections, but Republicans control 23 state legislatures while Democrats lead 14 — with 12 bicameral state legislatures divided between the parties. New York Times, 25 June 2022 Staffers on the House Energy & Commerce Committee released a bipartisan discussion draft for data privacy legislation in December 2019, but this is the first time a proposal backed by panel leaders has drawn bicameral support. Cristiano Lima, Washington Post, 3 June 2022 To thank all the American people, as well as the Congress for their bicameral and bipartisan support. Peter Weber, The Week, 25 Apr. 2022 So far, only about two-thirds of the 275 seats in the nation’s bicameral parliament have been filled. Mohammed Omar Ahmed, Bloomberg.com, 25 Feb. 2022 That design created a bicameral legislature, with each house operating by majority rule, to replace the single legislative chamber that operated under the Articles of Confederation by supermajority or unanimous consent. Thomas Geoghegan, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

bi- entry 1 + Late Latin camera chamber — more at chamber

First Known Use

circa 1832, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bicameral was circa 1832

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