constitution

In a sentence

Six example sentences with constitution, each labelled with its topic.

• The new constitution gives the legislature power over the budget and limits any president to a single six-year term.

  Politics

• Delegates argued for four months before the constitution was signed, and three of them refused to sign at all.

  History

• Any statute that conflicts with the constitution can be struck down, since the older document outranks everything the legislature passes.

  Law

• Political philosophers still debate whether a constitution binds later generations who never agreed to a word of it.

  Philosophy

• The constitution caps the national deficit at three percent of output, which forces every budget through the same narrow gate.

  Economics

• The original constitution sits under dim glass in the archives, and the line to see it stretches across the plaza.

  Travel

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