as in to enact
to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action
wants the Congress to legislate new laws banning the use of these types of weapons
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Recent Examples of legislate
Congress, sensing leverage or electoral opportunity, could legislate controls that no summit can unwind.
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Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025
House Republicans recently tried to include a provision in the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act asserting that only the federal government could legislate AI; the effort faced backlash and the language was eventually removed.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 12 Dec. 2025
In May, New Zealand proposed a ban on under-16 social media accounts, which would follow a similar age verification process as Australia’s if legislated.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Dec. 2025
Below, read on for a look inside American women's fight to legislate against deepfakes.
—Stacey Leasca, Glamour, 8 Dec. 2025
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Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025
House Republicans recently tried to include a provision in the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act asserting that only the federal government could legislate AI; the effort faced backlash and the language was eventually removed.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 12 Dec. 2025
In May, New Zealand proposed a ban on under-16 social media accounts, which would follow a similar age verification process as Australia’s if legislated.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Dec. 2025
Below, read on for a look inside American women's fight to legislate against deepfakes.
—Stacey Leasca, Glamour, 8 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislate
enact
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Inside, organizers enacted extreme heat protocols, forcing closure of the retractable roofs over the main arenas and postponement of matches on the uncovered outer courts.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Lawmakers were pushing a measure, similar to those enacted in Australia and Canada, that would have forced tech giants to pay online publishers for the ransacking, er, use, of their journalistic content.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Legislate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislate. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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