as in passing
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 enacting
Other countries, meanwhile, are enacting new laws to limit social media for children.
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CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
The Los Angeles Times has carried out multiple rounds of layoffs in recent years, most recently enacting another 6% reduction to its newsroom in mid-2025.
—Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
City officials have responded to the increase in activity by enacting a five-year moratorium on permits for detention facilities by non-city entities.
—Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026
Officials in India are enacting precautions to prevent further spread of the virus, with quarantine and surveillance measures in place.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Officials in India are enacting precautions to prevent further spread of the virus, with quarantine and surveillance measures in place.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 27 Jan. 2026
The Republican Study Committee described the proposal as an affordability package aimed at lowering down payments, enacting mortgage reforms and creating more tax breaks.
—Gavin J. Quinton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Dirksen was the central congressional figure in enacting the legislation.
—John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
In the case of states enacting AI laws, by and large, they are conventionally limited to governing only AI that arises within their geographic boundaries.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
The Los Angeles Times has carried out multiple rounds of layoffs in recent years, most recently enacting another 6% reduction to its newsroom in mid-2025.
—Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
City officials have responded to the increase in activity by enacting a five-year moratorium on permits for detention facilities by non-city entities.
—Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2026
Officials in India are enacting precautions to prevent further spread of the virus, with quarantine and surveillance measures in place.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Officials in India are enacting precautions to prevent further spread of the virus, with quarantine and surveillance measures in place.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 27 Jan. 2026
The Republican Study Committee described the proposal as an affordability package aimed at lowering down payments, enacting mortgage reforms and creating more tax breaks.
—Gavin J. Quinton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Dirksen was the central congressional figure in enacting the legislation.
—John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
In the case of states enacting AI laws, by and large, they are conventionally limited to governing only AI that arises within their geographic boundaries.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enacting
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At 37 years old, Stafford led the NFL in both passing yards (4,707) and passing touchdowns (46), while recording a career-low eight interceptions.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Attempting to break an Eastern Washington University receiving record is like trying to set a franchise passing mark with the Patriots.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
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The 2025 New York City Marathon had a record 59,226 participants, nearly 11,000 of which were 25- to 29-year-olds, constituting the largest cohort of runners at nearly 25%.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
6 Feb. 2026
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Difficulty breathing, seizures, excessive bleeding, shock, poisoning, heatstroke and snake bites are some of the more obvious situations constituting an emergency.—
Lisa Bloch,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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In the United States, the states are legislating and enforcing their own AI rules even as the federal government in 2025 moved to prevent state action and loosen the reins.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Feb. 2026
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The White House has begun taking note of which House Republican lawmakers are missing votes, particularly those who are focusing their energy more on campaigning than legislating, The Washington Post’s Kadia Goba reports.—
Cate Martel,
The Hill,
16 Jan. 2026
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In early 2024, Guojun and Silvia briefly found themselves under scrutiny from a judge in family court, who took the rare step of calling a confidential hearing before approving a pre-birth order.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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The battle over new congressional maps ahead of November’s midterm elections has heated up as primary elections rapidly approach, with various court rulings blocking and approving new maps.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Feb. 2026
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Rather than making a dispassionate case against the idea that the country was founded to enslave Africans, MAGA is taking down plaques commemorating basic facts, such as Washington’s slaveholding.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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This week, a 51-year-old woman was sentenced to federal prison for making far-out and ultimately weightless accusations – that her former spouse had illegally accessed her bank account as an astronaut aboard the International Space Station in the summer of 2019.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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