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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Bass and Jurado acknowledged the $300 million plan for affordable housing production still requires a vote from the ULA ad hoc committee and City Council before it can be enacted.
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City News Service, Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
This drop is partly the result of many smoking laws enacted in the past 50 years.
—Marie Helweg-Larsen, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
Though a fragile ceasefire enacted on April 7 paused the bombing of Iran, the plant was rocked by nearby missile strikes four times during the conflict, with one strike killing a security guard and damaging an outbuilding.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026
Once the legislation is enacted, social media platforms will be responsible for reverifying the ages of all users in the country to exclude those who are 15 years or under.
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City News Service, Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
This drop is partly the result of many smoking laws enacted in the past 50 years.
—Marie Helweg-Larsen, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
Though a fragile ceasefire enacted on April 7 paused the bombing of Iran, the plant was rocked by nearby missile strikes four times during the conflict, with one strike killing a security guard and damaging an outbuilding.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026
Once the legislation is enacted, social media platforms will be responsible for reverifying the ages of all users in the country to exclude those who are 15 years or under.
—Menelaos Hadjicostis, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 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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