as in to implement
to carry out effectively
the duty of the police is to enforce the law
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Advertisement Texas is one of 12 states currently enforcing near-total bans.
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Chantelle Lee, Time, 24 June 2025
The downgrade is likely to escalate what already has become a long, angry and increasingly political fight over how the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority enforces regulatory law and policy.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2025
Finally, a section that limits when the federal government can enter into or enforce settlement agreements that provide for payments to third parties was found to be subject to the Byrd Rule.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Jewel-Osco’s pharmacy division argued this month that the structure of the National Labor Relations Board, the body that enforces federal labor law in the U.S., is unconstitutional.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
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Chantelle Lee, Time, 24 June 2025
The downgrade is likely to escalate what already has become a long, angry and increasingly political fight over how the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority enforces regulatory law and policy.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2025
Finally, a section that limits when the federal government can enter into or enforce settlement agreements that provide for payments to third parties was found to be subject to the Byrd Rule.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Jewel-Osco’s pharmacy division argued this month that the structure of the National Labor Relations Board, the body that enforces federal labor law in the U.S., is unconstitutional.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
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Commercial distribution has ceased effective immediately, while enrollment in ongoing clinical trials has been paused until additional risk mitigation measures can be implemented in study protocols.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Advertisement President Bill Clinton eventually signed the UNCLOS implementing agreement in 1994, when the treaty entered into force.—
Time,
Time,
17 June 2025
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“Enforce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enforce. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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