Examples of enforce in a Sentence
Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
The lawsuit accuses Abbott and Paxton of failing to enforce the CROWN Act, a new state law outlawing racial discrimination based on hairstyles.
—CBS News, 23 Sep. 2023
In 1999, the Philippines intentionally grounded a navy transport ship, the BRP Sierra Madre, on Second Thomas Shoal, manned by Filipino marines, to enforce the country’s claim to the area.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency has used the act to enforce new regulations on industry, which has reduced pollution from power plants and industrial sources.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2023
The failure to include mechanisms to enforce that agreement was an error, said Mark Rosenbaum, an attorney with the pro bono law firm Public Counsel, one of four firms that represented veterans in the earlier case.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday that staff for the chamber’s Sergeant-at-Arms — the Senate’s official clothes police — will no longer enforce a dress code on the Senate floor.
—Mary Clare Jalonick, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Sep. 2023
Library staff called county police to enforce the ban, the statement said.
—Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2023
These violations and instances of noncompliance dated back to construction projects that began in January 2021 and extended to construction pauses enforced by the Utah State Board of Education and Summit County in July and August 2022.
—Michael Lee, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
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Word History
Middle English, from Anglo-French enforcer, from en- + force force
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Enforce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enforce. Accessed 29 Sep. 2023.
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enforce
verb
Legal Definition
enforce
transitive verbU.S. Constitution amend. XIX
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