Examples of enactment in a Sentence

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Recent Examples on the Web Spending More than eight months after its enactment, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP) continues to reveal itself as the most damaging spending bill enacted in decades. — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 12 Dec. 2021 Its enactment could hand the party a popular legislative achievement days before elections for governor in Virginia and New Jersey on Nov. 2. — Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2021 Its enactment would also hand the party a popular legislative achievement days before crucial governors’ elections in Virginia and New Jersey on Nov. 2. — New York Times, 25 Oct. 2021 Texas had been found to discriminate against voters of color every decade since the Voting Rights Act went into effect, forcing changes to the maps or delaying their enactment. — Cayla Harris, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Dec. 2021 As Asia’s international financial centre, Hong Kong saw the inception of its REITs market in 2003 with the enactment of the REIT Code and the first trust was formed the following year. — Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021 Its enactment could hand the party a popular legislative achievement days before elections for governor in Virginia and New Jersey on Nov. 2. — Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2021 Its enactment could hand the party a popular legislative achievement days before elections for governor in Virginia and New Jersey on Nov. 2. — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Oct. 2021 Yahoo’s exit from China coincided with the enactment of the country’s Personal Information Protection Law, a privacy law that went into effect Nov. 1 that imposes new data-collection restrictions on tech companies, the Wall Street Journal reported. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 Nov. 2021

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