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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The Affordable Care Act subsidies that Democrats are pressing to extend were first enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Nik Popli, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
The Village of Pewaukee recently enacted a new anti-bullying ordinance, but no citations have been issued yet.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
The Republic could not get a straightforward answer to the question of how much money was being put toward enacting the plan's recommendations, despite multiple interviews and emailed requests to state employees charged with implementing them.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
The subsidies, first enacted in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, were designed to help low- and middle-income people buy coverage through the Affordable Care Act.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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Nik Popli, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
The Village of Pewaukee recently enacted a new anti-bullying ordinance, but no citations have been issued yet.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
The Republic could not get a straightforward answer to the question of how much money was being put toward enacting the plan's recommendations, despite multiple interviews and emailed requests to state employees charged with implementing them.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
The subsidies, first enacted in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, were designed to help low- and middle-income people buy coverage through the Affordable Care Act.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Enact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enact. Accessed 7 Oct. 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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