enacted; enacting; enacts
1
: to establish by legal and authoritative act
specifically
: to make into law
enact a bill
2
: act out
enact a role
Examples of enact in a Sentence
Congress will enact legislation related to that issue.
The law was finally enacted today.
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Police had acted after being alerted to the teenager’s writings on social media, using a 2014 law enacted after Elliot Rodger gunned down six people in Isla Vista, Calif.
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Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
It was first enacted in 2017 and limits how many truck races a NASCAR Cup Series driver with three or more years of experience can race in a season (eight).
—Zach Dean, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
Meanwhile, OpenAI is making a push to enact regulations at the state level — and, according to people with knowledge of the matter, the White House has given the company a green light to pursue that strategy, despite an earlier executive order threatening states that pass unwelcome AI regulation.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 22 May 2026
Trump applauded House Republicans for advancing legislation to enact year-round daylight savings time.
—Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 22 May 2026
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Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
It was first enacted in 2017 and limits how many truck races a NASCAR Cup Series driver with three or more years of experience can race in a season (eight).
—Zach Dean, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
Meanwhile, OpenAI is making a push to enact regulations at the state level — and, according to people with knowledge of the matter, the White House has given the company a green light to pursue that strategy, despite an earlier executive order threatening states that pass unwelcome AI regulation.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 22 May 2026
Trump applauded House Republicans for advancing legislation to enact year-round daylight savings time.
—Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 22 May 2026
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enact
transitive verb
en·act
i-ˈnakt 
: to establish by legal and authoritative act : make into law
enact a bill
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