enactment
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Synonyms
act, bill, constitution, law, ordinance, statute
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The deadlock came when House Republicans refused to approve funding for the federal government unless enactment of Affordable Care Act was delayed. — Newsweek, "October 04 Issue," 4 Oct. 2017 Activities will include Lincoln-themed films, living-history performances and a Civil War encampment and battle re-enactments. — Phil Marty, chicagotribune.com, "Midwest events: Lumberjack championships, a country music festival and more," 22 June 2018 History was on display during the Spring Creek Park Heritage Festival at Spring Creek Park in Tomball. The Harris County precinct 4 event featured archaeology digs, Civil War battle re-enactments, and tours of a historic cemetery. — Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, "Photos: Spring Creek Park Heritage Festival," 23 May 2018 Greene shifts back and forth between re-enactments of a deadly miners’ strike and unscripted pontificating about politics from some of the locals. — Noel Murray, The Verge, "The 10 best documentaries of 2018," 18 Dec. 2018 The event was held each autumn on the Santa Fe Plaza during the annual Fiesta de Santa Fe, Some Native American activists have criticized the re-enactment for years. — Fox News, "New Mexico accord unveiled over event celebrating 'conquest'," 30 Aug. 2018 That promise is backed by his pledge to ask war-time executive power if congress lags in the necessary enactment. — sandiegouniontribune.com, "Roosevelt takes the helm," 5 Mar. 2018 But with the enactment of the GI Bill, the end of World War II and an ocean of returning vets, the landscape changed. — John Anderson, WSJ, "‘Fail State’ Review: Schools That Don’t Make the Grade," 14 Dec. 2018 Then, late last year, the proposal sustained another financial hit from the enactment of federal tax law changes that forced historic tax credit users to spread the write-off over five years of taxes rather than being able to use it all at once. — Jacob Adelman, Philly.com, "Plans moving forward for boutique hotel at old Family Court, developer says," 9 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'enactment.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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