as in to pass
to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action
Congress enacts all laws relating to foreign trade and immigration
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Recent Examples of enact
The enhanced insurance subsidies were always intended as a short-term fix to the surge in premiums that Obamacare — a law Democrats enacted on an entirely partisan basis — created.
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Sally C. Pipes, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
Ibsen’s title character is a spoiled, headstrong young woman who, newly and unhappily married to a dull scholar, enacts a Machiavellian scheme to advance his career and her social standing, with catastrophic results.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
But some of the proposals have already been enacted, the newspaper noted, including cutting refugee admissions and proritizing Afrikaners, the white minority who created and enforced South Africa’s system of apartheid.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Working with an enacting bill that has already been signed into law, people could exempt $125,000 from the value of personal property that’s used to make money for their business.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
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Sally C. Pipes, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
Ibsen’s title character is a spoiled, headstrong young woman who, newly and unhappily married to a dull scholar, enacts a Machiavellian scheme to advance his career and her social standing, with catastrophic results.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
But some of the proposals have already been enacted, the newspaper noted, including cutting refugee admissions and proritizing Afrikaners, the white minority who created and enforced South Africa’s system of apartheid.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Working with an enacting bill that has already been signed into law, people could exempt $125,000 from the value of personal property that’s used to make money for their business.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enact
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But Emery’s words about passing too quickly do bear resonance.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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New York has seen an uptick in new studio developments coinciding with the state passing sweeter production incentives in its latest budget earlier this year.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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These statements do not constitute and cannot replace investment advice.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Impact Aid constitutes about 40% of the district’s annual budget and helps pay for curriculum, teacher salaries and other student resources.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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But integration can’t be legislated from the top down alone.—
Emeka Ajene,
semafor.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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In one of the newsier moments of the fest, UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said ministers are prepared to legislate if YouTube declines to properly promote public service content.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
19 Sep. 2025
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Jeri said the measure, starting just after midnight and approved by the Council of Ministers, authorizes the deployment of the armed forces alongside the police to maintain public order.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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At that time, voters approved extending a capital-improvement property tax at the current rate to fund six categories of projects, including a new Little Rock District Court facility.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Oct. 2025
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When it was announced that Girls collaborators Jenni Konner and Bruce Eric Kaplan (both Jewish) had been hired as showrunners for Season 2, the news brought some hope that Konner’s perspective in particular would help to make these characters lovable.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Not every such deprivation becomes a literal matter of life and death as in the play, but making use of such scenarios enables Shakespeare to highlight more effectively the danger of arbitrary action.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Enact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enact. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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