as in to pass
to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action
Congress enacts all laws relating to foreign trade and immigration
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Recent Examples of enact
The population rebounded after a moratorium on commercial whaling was enacted in the 1980s.
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Michael H Gavshon, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Sensible restraints on increases in spending tied to the state’s economy were enacted in a historic bipartisan agreement nine years ago.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2026
But a law enacted in 1978 prohibited the use of petroleum in power plants.
—ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
Oddly, though, its home county (Moore) has been dry since Tennessee enacted prohibition laws in 1910.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
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Michael H Gavshon, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Sensible restraints on increases in spending tied to the state’s economy were enacted in a historic bipartisan agreement nine years ago.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2026
But a law enacted in 1978 prohibited the use of petroleum in power plants.
—ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
Oddly, though, its home county (Moore) has been dry since Tennessee enacted prohibition laws in 1910.
—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enact
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However, smaller trucking companies do not always have the ability to pass those costs on to customers without risking losing business.—
Brady Halbleib,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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City Council passed an ordinance in 2019 banning new mini-storage facilities and auto service shops on a section of Stockton Boulevard.—
ANNIKA MERRILEES,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Twelve courts have ruled, on motions to dismiss, that plaintiffs have sufficiently pleaded that these companies’ products constitute credit and that their accompanying fees are subject to the act’s protections.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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As things stand, these deals constitute gifts of public funds, Norby charges.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
10 Apr. 2026
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This makes prediction markets the most useful and precise tool for eradicating exposing insider trading that has ever existed—a tool Congress should rely on heavily, not legislate out of existence.—
Nic Puckrin,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Critiques of the bill Cohen added that under international law, Israel’s parliament should not be legislating in the West Bank, which is not sovereign Israeli territory.—
Julia Frankel,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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The bill also approves a request for a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) agreement.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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If passed, the moratorium would temporarily stop the Legislature from accepting, processing and approving rezoning applications and site plans for data centers in the county.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2026
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Atletico is at home to defend its 2-0 win from the first leg and try to make it to the last four of the European competition for the first time in nearly a decade.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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The talk of the newsroom this morning is why Wall Street rallied and oil prices retreated on what could be considered very tenuous indications that diplomatic progress is being made.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Enact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enact. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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