Antonym: confederate. Similar words: overall, after all, funeral, liberal, mineral, several, literally, in general. Meaning: ['fedərəl] n. 1. a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War 2. any federal law-enforcement officer. adj. 1. national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units 2. of or relating to the central government of a federation 3. being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War 4. characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities.
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61. The group circulated petitions calling for a federal law to ban handguns.
62. They didn't want the federal government parceling out food supplies.
63. South Carolina claimed the power to exempt its citizens from the obligation to obey federal law.
64. Senate negotiators further narrowed their differences over the level of federal spending for anti-drug programs.
65. He does not believe in a federal Europe with centralising powers.
66. Twenty eight percent of the federal budget is spent on defense.
67. There is strong support here for the tough economic reforms ordained in the federal capital, Prague.
68. The Federal Reserve Bank forecasts that the economy will grow by 2% this year.
69. Many legal issues are within the competence of individual states rather than the federal government.
70. The courts struck down local segregation laws because they violated the federal constitution.
71. He has the distinction of being regarded as the Federal Republic's greatest living writer.
72. Federal courts have a certain cachet which state courts lack.
73. Pepper still is being sought by federal law-enforcement agents.
74. Federal agencies should commercialize research.
75. Federal and state agencies are backlogged with complaints.
76. A federal appeals court ruled in James's favor.
77. The federal government has banned smoking on airplanes.
78. To the states' taxpayers who will have to take up the slack as federal aid recedes?
79. Interception of cell phone calls has been a criminal act since 1986, when those devices were included in federal wiretap statutes.
80. In effect, Congress repeatedly gave away a sizable chunk of power to the unelected civil servants who staff federal agencies.
81. A legal challenge was launched by the Defenders of Wildlife group and other bodies, and upheld by the federal appeals court.
82. Whether that will mean more or less acrimony between Quebec and the federal government remains to be seen.
83. They have kept the government shut to pressure the president to agree to a seven-year plan to balance the federal budget.
84. Six years later, one of the federal agencies that administers the program calls it a flop.
84. Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find nice sentences for a large number of words.
85. Later this month, federal authorities are expected to announce plans to reduce their supplies of water to farmers by three-quarters.
86. It imperiously overruled not only the Florida court but also the federal appeals court in Atlanta.
87. It also alleges violations of state and federal antitrust laws and public nuisance laws.
88. Y., congressman made no effort to hide his disdain for almost every type of federal tax.
89. The federal appeals court agreed with him, saying that the White House demand for secrecy would lead to abuses.
90. The only reason the bank advanced was that it was acting on the advice of the Federal Reserve.
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