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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Medicaid work requirements, for instance, put in place by the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a budget law enacted in July, will lead to extra paperwork and other requirements that, according to the Congressional Budget Office, will cause millions of eligible enrollees to lose coverage.
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Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
The legislation enacted a bevy of new tax breaks retroactive to 2025, including eliminating taxes on some overtime and tipped income, as well as lifting the cap on the deduction for state and local taxes, or SALT, from $10,000 to $40,000.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
Australia and Malaysia have enacted under-16 bans, Europe is rolling out privacy-preserving age-verification standards, and a multistate lawsuit alleges Meta deliberately avoids tools that could keep younger children off its platforms.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
The alternative avenues for enacting levies will likely be slower or more limited in scope.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025
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Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
The legislation enacted a bevy of new tax breaks retroactive to 2025, including eliminating taxes on some overtime and tipped income, as well as lifting the cap on the deduction for state and local taxes, or SALT, from $10,000 to $40,000.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
Australia and Malaysia have enacted under-16 bans, Europe is rolling out privacy-preserving age-verification standards, and a multistate lawsuit alleges Meta deliberately avoids tools that could keep younger children off its platforms.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
The alternative avenues for enacting levies will likely be slower or more limited in scope.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Enact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enact. Accessed 30 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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