enactments

noun

plural of enactment
1
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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2
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 Featuring interviews from a wide range of people across the ideological spectrum, as well as top-tier acting talent for historical re-enactments, this is a prestige series that's worth checking out. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 19 June 2026 The genre by definition requires re-enactments, and does the act of gathering a bunch actors and going to Tehran (or Morocco) give more credibility to the project than having a computer do it? — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026 The day brings indigenous Andean music, colorful traditional attire and historical re-enactments of Inca ceremonies. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2026 Barbie Ferreira stars as a young woman working as a content moderator for a TikTok-like video platform, discovers what appears to be re-enactments of murders from the original film. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 12 Apr. 2026 Volkspele were historical cosplay events for preteens, musical re-enactments of the Great Trek — the 19th-century migration of Afrikaner settlers away from British rule, heading inland in ox-wagons, that has been mythologized through tales of women and children crossing the Drakensberg barefoot. — Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026 Instead, in order to protect their identities, their words are read aloud during re-enactments by powerhouse actresses such as Emma Thompson (who squeezes herself beneath an axle) and Kate Dickie (performing, as the nurse, on all fours on Kenmure Street itself). — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 1 Feb. 2026 Director Mohammed Ali Naqvi’s film uses drone footage and re-enactments to tell the story of eight passengers dangling from a cable car over a ravine after a wire snaps. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 21 Jan. 2026 History sprang to life at Old Poway Park with historical re-enactments at the Rendezvous in Poway event. — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enactments
  1. laws
  2. executions
  3. acts
  4. implementations
  5. ordinances
  6. fulfillments
  7. amendments
  8. accomplishments
Noun
  • Politicians have been ushered on the stages of megachurches to receive a pastor’s endorsement despite IRS tax laws that forbid it.
    — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
  • Bonta’s office did not respond to a request for comment on whether DHS ownership of the facilities could limit the state’s ability to enforce its oversight laws, including AB 103.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of laws
Noun
  • The group believes the Iranian regime has ramped up executions under the cover of war.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • The executions have drawn attention to the ageing death-row population in the US, as well as Florida’s status as the foremost death penalty state.
    — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 16 July 2026
Definition of executions
Noun
  • Outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who promised to bring in the law during his 2024 election campaign, is due to open debate on the bill in the Commons on Tuesday in one of his final acts as leader.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
  • The prohibition, together with the delegated and implementing acts, will apply to large companies beginning Sunday.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
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  • The uncomfortable reality is that most MCP implementations today rely on the model to behave correctly.
    — Alex Salazar, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • These implementations were also instrumental in immediately communicating some of the trends driving new takes on the high-end fragrance category.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 9 June 2026
Definition of implementations
Noun
  • In bodycam footage, a Sacramento police officer directly cites Grants Pass as a reason that the city has stepped up enforcement of anti-camping ordinances.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
  • Ibiza is famous for outdoor dance parties, but by the mid-2000s, after-midnight sound ordinances had pushed its superclubs indoors.
    — Max Marshall, Vanity Fair, 15 July 2026
Definition of ordinances
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  • If everything else goes to plan, Tentsile will begin early fulfillment deliveries in May and standard fulfillments in August.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Definition of fulfillments
Noun
  • His father was born just months after the 1947 amendments came into force, and so narrowly missed out on a hereditary title.
    — Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • The base bill would be sent to the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee for further consideration, hearings or amendments.
    — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 14 July 2026
Definition of amendments
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  • Recovery involves gathering vital information, documenting accomplishments, and focusing on networking and skill development, rather than internalizing it as personal failure.
    — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • The nighttime event featured military bands and Air Force planes flying overhead, and a campaign-style speech by Trump attacking Democrats and praising his own accomplishments.
    — Josh Meyer, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Definition of accomplishments

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