policymaker
noun
pol·i·cy·mak·er
ˈpä-lə-sē-ˌmā-kər 
variants
or less commonly policy maker
or policy-maker
plural policymakers also policy makers or policy-makers
: someone who is responsible for or involved in establishing policy
economic policymakers
He had been a policymaker under four Republican and Democratic Presidents and had spent years on Capitol Hill fencing with congressional committees and lobbying for votes.—
William Greider
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—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025
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—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
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Anna Mae Duane, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2025
Thanks to an agreement with Al Malki Group, a key player in the Middle Eastern fashion sector, and RLC-Retail Leaders Circle Global Forum — a gathering of global retail leaders, policymakers and innovators based in New York — White Milano is entering a new dimension.
—Cristina Manfredi, WWD, 5 Mar. 2025
That dual threat of higher prices and slower growth is causing angst among consumers, business leaders and policymakers, not to mention investors who have been dumping stocks and scooping up bonds lately.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025
Experts Warn of Major Obstacles Despite Ukraine's untapped resource potential, mining experts and policymakers have raised doubts about whether the Ukrainians can actually deliver on U.S. expectations.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for policymaker
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“Policymaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/policymaker. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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