enact

verb en·act \ i-ˈnakt \

|Updated on: 17 Aug 2018

Examples: enact in a Sentence

Definition of enact

enacted; enacting; enacts

transitive verb

1 : to establish by legal and authoritative act; specifically : to make into law

enact a bill

2 : act out

enact a role

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enactor

play \i-ˈnak-tər\ noun

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Examples of enact in a Sentence

Congress will enact legislation related to that issue.
The law was finally enacted today.

Recent Examples of enact from the Web

The Parkland shooting has prompted the state to enact new safety measures, including a mandate for individual schools to create threat teams similar to those urged by the Secret Service.

— kevin johnson, USA TODAY, "Secret Service urges U.S. schools to set up 'threat teams' to prevent shootings," 12 July 2018
In this year’s Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling, the Court opened a new front, arguing that the First Amendment limited states’ ability to enact anti-discrimination laws.

— matthew yglesias, Vox, "Brett Kavanaugh and the new judicial activism," 12 July 2018
The fast pace of developments in the micromobility space only underlines the need for cities to enact rules as soon as possible.

— patrick sisson, Curbed, "How cities should regulate the scooter surge," 11 July 2018
Despite the headlines made a year earlier during the Stonewall riots, Lindsay had refused to enact a city-wide anti-discrimination ordinance.

— sascha cohen, Smithsonian, "How Gay Activists Challenged the Politics of Civility," 10 July 2018
When the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act became effective in Illinois June 1, Lichterman said municipalities like Deerfield had 60 days to enact their own regulations or accept the ones contained in the state law.

— steve sadin, chicagotribune.com, "Deerfield moves to regulate small cell antennas," 9 July 2018
Hooper Bay, on the Bering Sea coast, may have been the first Alaska community to enact a ban, in 2009.

— devin kelly, Anchorage Daily News, "‘Somebody’s got to do it.’ Anchorage Assembly members consider banning plastic shopping bags," 8 July 2018
Benefit cuts possible Even if Congress and the White House fail to enact reforms before 2034, Social Security wouldn't go away.

— russ wiles, azcentral, "Reality check: Social Security will survive, but will it be enough?," 8 July 2018
The Dutch municipality heard about Hawaii’s law and is planning to enact a similar ban.

— peter fimrite, SFChronicle.com, "Hawaii to ban sunscreen that damages coral," 7 July 2018

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