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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In more recent years, far-right conspiracy propagators have alleged that global political and business elites worship Moloch in secret and enact policies to appease the sadistic deity.
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Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
Louisiana enacted a new map of congressional districts Friday designed to help Republicans pick up a seat while eliminating one of the state's two majority-Black House districts, both of which are represented by Democrats.
—Jack Brook, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2026
Boston and Cambridge enacted vaccine mandates during the smallpox epidemic of 1901, and Jacobson refused.
—Diana Gitig, ArsTechnica, 30 May 2026
Many business leaders like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman argue companies are AI washing, or using the technology as an apt justification for layoffs when in reality, they’re enacted due to another underlying budgetary malady.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 29 May 2026
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Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
Louisiana enacted a new map of congressional districts Friday designed to help Republicans pick up a seat while eliminating one of the state's two majority-Black House districts, both of which are represented by Democrats.
—Jack Brook, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2026
Boston and Cambridge enacted vaccine mandates during the smallpox epidemic of 1901, and Jacobson refused.
—Diana Gitig, ArsTechnica, 30 May 2026
Many business leaders like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman argue companies are AI washing, or using the technology as an apt justification for layoffs when in reality, they’re enacted due to another underlying budgetary malady.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 29 May 2026
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“Enact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enact. Accessed 2 Jun. 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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