into force
idiom
: into the condition of actually working or operating : into effect
The law came/went into force last year.
The regulations have not yet been put/brought into force.
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The paper, by the Australia Institute think tank, said some of the measures had yet to be brought into force 29 years later, and others were being inconsistently enforced across different states.
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CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
Sunday’s killings shattered that image, and that of Australia’s stringent gun laws, which came into force in 1996 in the wake of another mass shooting.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 15 Dec. 2025
The reforms came into force in July.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Monitoring and reporting requirements for ETS2 came into force this year and will be unaffected.
—Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2025
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CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
Sunday’s killings shattered that image, and that of Australia’s stringent gun laws, which came into force in 1996 in the wake of another mass shooting.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 15 Dec. 2025
The reforms came into force in July.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Monitoring and reporting requirements for ETS2 came into force this year and will be unaffected.
—Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Into force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/into%20force. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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