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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Turetsky, the former city budget office staffer, says that Mamdani’s housing reforms, if enacted, will face fierce pushback from the real estate industry.
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Connor Greene, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
The Supreme Court found the law didn’t clearly give him the power to enact a program with such a big economic impact, a legal principle known as the major questions doctrine.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Among them was an amicus curiae signed by 200 Members of Congress urging the court to uphold the findings of the lower courts—namely, that the president overstepped his executive authority in enacting the tariffs using IEEPA.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
While low-income ACA enrollees will continue to receive tax credits written into the original legislation, the tax credits for middle class enrollees enacted during the Covid pandemic in 2021 are set to expire at the end of this year.
—Annika Kim Constantino,bertha Coombs, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
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Connor Greene, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
The Supreme Court found the law didn’t clearly give him the power to enact a program with such a big economic impact, a legal principle known as the major questions doctrine.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Among them was an amicus curiae signed by 200 Members of Congress urging the court to uphold the findings of the lower courts—namely, that the president overstepped his executive authority in enacting the tariffs using IEEPA.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
While low-income ACA enrollees will continue to receive tax credits written into the original legislation, the tax credits for middle class enrollees enacted during the Covid pandemic in 2021 are set to expire at the end of this year.
—Annika Kim Constantino,bertha Coombs, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Enact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enact. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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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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