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US
/ˈfɛdɝəɫ, ˈfɛdɹəɫ/
]
[ UK /fˈɛdəɹəl/ ]
[ UK /fˈɛdəɹəl/ ]
NOUN
- a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
- any federal law-enforcement officer
ADJECTIVE
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being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War
a Federal infantryman
Union soldiers
Federal forces
How To Use Federal In A Sentence
- And there are a lot of so-called federalists, people who are just generally opposed to the extension of federal power and who object, who say look, this is the same thing that we objected to when liberals did it. CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2005
- Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is scheduled to testify in front of the House Budget Committee.
- Six years later, one of the federal agencies that administers the program calls it a flop.
- Federal law allows plaintiffs to collect up to $ 100, 000 per infringement.
- Murder, rape, road rage, dacoities and rampant acts of terrorism have become an everyday affair in all the provincial capitals including the federal capital. Whether A Dictator Or Democrat: Please Explain
- She recently wrapped up a prestigious year-long stint clerking for Judge Leonie M. Brinkema at the federal court in Alexandria -- but, no, said she couldn't discuss any of the cases she worked on. Cate Edwards lands first law firm job, joins the ranks of Washington lawyers
- “In order to balance the budget this biennium, which is $182 billion, we used $14 billion in federal stimulus money to balance it,” said State Sen. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan. Dallas Blog, Daily News, Dallas Politics, Opinion, and Commentary FrontBurner Blog D Magazine » Blog Archive » David Dewhurst Explains Texas Budget Deficit Was Not a Budget Deficit If You Look at It Cross-Eyed
- A study by the OECD and Mexico's Federal Competition Commission (CFC) found that 31% of Mexican household spending went on products supplied in monopolistic or highly oligopolistic markets.
- But neither of those initiatives, expensive as they are, approach the civic munificence displayed by the Federal Reserve. The Fed's Cash Machine
- First, federal education spending under him is up nearly 50 percent over the final year of the past presidency, so the coalition's charge that the president is stinting the schools is just bunk.