enacted

verb

past tense of enact
as in passed
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 enacted Since Australia's law came into force, countries including Canada, Brazil and Indonesia have enacted bans too, while many other countries are studying or developing laws. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 Only a dozen other states – New Jersey, New York, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Georgia, Washington, Oregon, Virginia and West Virginia – have enacted their own versions. — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026 The earliest a change could be enacted, per this timeline, is in the 2027 admissions cycle for the cohort entering university in fall 2028. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Legal experts have warned that the change may violate a congressional stipulation enacted after Kennedy’s assassination in 1963. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 There have been other cases as well, from California to South Carolina, with most of them going in the favor of athletes suing the NCAA over the eligibility guidelines enacted in June. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The bill is still progressing and isn't expected to be enacted before 2027, with provisions likely to change. — Andreas Schweitzer, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 In the 19th century, as the result of lobbying by authors such as Charles Dickens, the British Parliament enacted the Copyright Act of 1842. — Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026 In 2001, Fairfax lawmakers enacted a ban on all herbicides, insecticides and rodenticides on public land. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enacted
  1. passed
  2. constituted
  3. approved
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  • From the moment Billie learns about Sophie-Rose, the teenager who inherited her legendary fake ID after it was already passed down to multiple other Gen-Z blondes, she’s obsessed.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • That's a fraction of the roughly 130 vessels that passed through the vital waterway daily before the war began.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of passed
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  • Johnson, the East Moline Democrat who spurned membership on the working group, noted it was constituted by lawmakers who had publicly spoken out in support of Welch in the fallout over his handling of the Benton scandal.
    — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
  • In 1970 people with tenure or tenure-track jobs constituted 73% of those teaching at colleges and universities.
    — Paul Osterman, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of constituted
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  • With the rapid growth of crypto asset derivatives, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, recently approved select platforms to offer perpetual futures products.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The recent announcement also follows the prior freeze on base rates approved by the Georgia PSC in July 2025, as well as the plan approved in May 2026 to lower overall rates, as per the release.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of approved

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“Enacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enacted. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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