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What is the noun for policymaker?

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policy
  1. (obsolete) The art of governance; political science. [14th–18th c.]
  2. (obsolete) A state; a polity. [14th–16th c.]
  3. (obsolete) A set political system; civil administration. [15th–19th c.]
  4. (obsolete) A trick; a stratagem. [15th–19th c.]
  5. A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body. [from 15th c.]
  6. Wise or advantageous conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness. [from 15th c.]
  7. (now rare) Specifically, political shrewdness or (formerly) cunning; statecraft. [from 15th c.]
  8. (plural) The grounds of a large country house. [from 18th c.]
  9. (obsolete) Motive; object; inducement.
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  11. Examples:
    1. “The government's policy on negative gearing has come under fresh attack from a senior minister.”
      “It's generally good policy to gather all the facts before making a decision.”
      “No employer should be able to make you sign a policy that says you won't work anywhere else after hours.”
policy
  1. (law)
    1. A contract of insurance.
    2. A document containing or certifying this contract.
  2. (obsolete) An illegal daily lottery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century USA on numbers drawn from a lottery wheel (no plural)
  3. A number pool lottery
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The government's policy on negative gearing has come under fresh attack from a senior minister.”
      “It's generally good policy to gather all the facts before making a decision.”
      “No employer should be able to make you sign a policy that says you won't work anywhere else after hours.”
policymaker
  1. One involved in the formulation of policies, especially politicians, lobbyists, and activists.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Wolfowitz was a key policymaker at the state department during the Reagan years and is the administration's most senior Asian policy expert.”
      “That elevates the analyst to a position of greater importance, for it makes the policymaker dependent on the analyst's technical expertise.”
      “The Province is a policymaker and, therefore, in my view it cannot be, and should not try to be, a micromanager.”
policymaking
  1. the formulation of policies.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He has received heavy support from powerful generals, who may want to reassert their traditional authority in policymaking.”
      “Eisenhower's documents created a framework for policymaking, seldom recording particular decisions.”
      “Does active military involvement in defense policymaking actually threaten civilian control?”
policymakers
  1. plural of policymaker
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Their results provide strong indications that policymakers who are promoting wedlock are indeed serving the public well.”
      “These extreme situations provide an agenda for policymakers that students of strategy can address.”
      “It does not receive high priority among policymakers, starting with politicians.”
policies
  1. plural of policy
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  3. Examples:
    1. “An absolutist account of individual rights leaves no opportunity to formulate more stringent policies for the procurement of organs.”
      “The insurance companies in their standard policies exclude damage resulting from water, even if that water is driven by wind.”
      “But they must agree to waive future rights to compensation for policies that were missold to them.”
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