as in to implement
to carry out effectively
the duty of the police is to enforce the law
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Recent Examples of enforce
Sorsby, the Texas Tech quarterback, broke the one rule even the NCAA was supposed to be able to enforce.
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Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2026
The businesses argue that this amounted to a coordinated effort to have the city government illegally require and enforce an unfair private contract between the businesses and the Westport CID.
—Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
Now, new rules approved by the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors are giving park rangers more authority to step in and enforce the law.
—Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 12 June 2026
Namibia and South Africa have prevented Starlink from entering their telecoms markets, enforcing local ownership rules that have become a point of contention for multinational firms operating in Africa.
—Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 12 June 2026
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Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2026
The businesses argue that this amounted to a coordinated effort to have the city government illegally require and enforce an unfair private contract between the businesses and the Westport CID.
—Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
Now, new rules approved by the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors are giving park rangers more authority to step in and enforce the law.
—Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 12 June 2026
Namibia and South Africa have prevented Starlink from entering their telecoms markets, enforcing local ownership rules that have become a point of contention for multinational firms operating in Africa.
—Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enforce
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Last summer, City Hall under Mayor Adams worked on a plan to implement real age verification to prevent minors from harming themselves and others.—
Bradley Tusk,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2026
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Meanwhile, state insurance regulators, led by the NAIC, have quietly implemented rules.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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Those rules govern which AI models Promise may use and what protections apply — effectively letting each client decide how heavily AI figures into the work.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Lower Manhattan became frozen beyond expectation, with subways stopping south of Canal Street, a border that had earlier applied only to cars.—
Amina Kilpatrick,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
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“Enforce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enforce. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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