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as in laws
a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature
as a result of an enactment by Congress, this breathtaking canyon will be permanently protected from development
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as in executions
the doing of an action
the enactment of the crime is suggested but never actually shown on screen
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Recent Examples of enactments
History sprang to life at Old Poway Park with historical re-enactments at the Rendezvous in Poway event.
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Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025
On Sunday, the island will host multiple live re-enactments to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
The Constitution expressly requires states to recognize the judicial enactments of other states' courts, and New York, unsurprisingly, is choosing to ignore that constitutional requirement.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
These enactments survived because the Supreme Court did not extend the First Amendment to the states until 1940.
—Lydia Artz, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
All in all, a looming spread of these laws, including potentially having federal enactments too, puts AI makers in potential trouble and will inexorably squash the use of AI as a mental health tool.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025
On Sunday, the island will host multiple live re-enactments to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
The Constitution expressly requires states to recognize the judicial enactments of other states' courts, and New York, unsurprisingly, is choosing to ignore that constitutional requirement.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
These enactments survived because the Supreme Court did not extend the First Amendment to the states until 1940.
—Lydia Artz, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
All in all, a looming spread of these laws, including potentially having federal enactments too, puts AI makers in potential trouble and will inexorably squash the use of AI as a mental health tool.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enactments
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In fact, Penn may have actually violated one of California’s clean air laws.—
David Matthews,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The project involves removing asbestos and lead contamination, updating the facilities to be compliant with accessibility laws, and upgrading electrical and ventilation systems.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
12 Jan. 2026
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The radical republic that replaced it bore little resemblance to the partner of 1778, having descended into chaos, executions, and ideological extremism that threatened neighboring states.—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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Missouri uses lethal injection to carry out executions.—
Katie Moore,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
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That led the 2025 event to take place at Blackbox Theater and The Pine, with more than 17 musical acts, food trucks, vendors and more spread across the two sites.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2026
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For her, the small acts help process loss and offer hope to others returning to empty lots.—
Sarah Alegre,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Several other bills deal with more specific implementations of AI.—
Adi Robertson,
The Verge,
1 Jan. 2026
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Jothilingam’s career in industrial automation stretches back decades and is marked by his modernization of factory implementations.—
K.H. Koehler,
USA Today,
10 Dec. 2025
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City ordinances can be amended or repealed by future councils, while the charter can only be changed by voters — a key reason Save Austin Now has continued pushing its petition.—
Chaya Tong,
Austin American Statesman,
15 Jan. 2026
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At the least, the city needs ordinances that require property owners to landscape the edges of these lots to shield pedestrians and create more appealing environments.—
Mark Lamster
Architecture Critic,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Jan. 2026
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All of their amendments to the legislation were shot down in the committee.—
Emily Wilkins,
CNBC,
14 Jan. 2026
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Subsequent amendments, Goodwin said, build on these protections to further enumerate the rights of citizens and protect against government overreach.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
14 Jan. 2026
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Palestinians and Israeli Jews also came to regard the other side’s actions as fulfillments of their own national nightmares, ethnic cleansing for one and extermination for the other.—
Hussein Agha,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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Surgeons could sell their unpaid medical bills to Blake or one of his medical funding company contacts for 20 percent of the face value.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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Andy Baker-White, the senior director of state health policy for the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, said the bipartisan support for bills targeting food dyes and ultraprocessed food struck him as unusual.—
Alan Greenblatt,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Enactments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enactments. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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