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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
On Sunday, the island will host multiple live re-enactments to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII.
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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
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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More than 20 states have restricted the practice through laws – including some that were backed by Republican governors.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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Under a pending agreement with ICE, the Guard's role enforcing immigration laws could expand to providing additional military personnel to be trained by ICE and deputized into assisting with policing immigration.—
Juan Cordoba,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
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Jones was the 13th inmate executed in Florida this year, surpassing Florida’s previous record of eight executions in 2014.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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The state’s previous record since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976 was eight executions in 2014.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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These clubs began hiring brass musicians, and top acts included the Olympia Brass Band, Eureka Brass and the Young Tuxedo Brass.—
Jenny Adams,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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European officials have also been warning about other hybrid threats and suspect Moscow was behind a string of incidents, including the sabotage of an undersea cable, cyberattacks, GPS jamming of civil aviation, and even acts of arson.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Dickson and his frequent collaborator, the former Texas solicitor general Jonathan Mitchell, were outspoken about their plans to use the New Mexico ordinances as a stepping stone to get the expansion of the Comstock law ratified before the Supreme Court.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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Under street engagement, police officers, homeless outreach team members and new park rangers will enforce city ordinances in the streets while offering help to those who want it.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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All of these implementations are available on OpenFHE, an open-source library that Duality contributes to and helps maintain.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 Sep. 2025
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The Coming Labor Revolution Makes Events Essential The next five years will bring changes that make today’s AI implementations look primitive.—
Shawn Pierce,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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This includes new visas, renewals and amendments.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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Shall the charter amendments be adopted?—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Oct. 2025
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During the second trial in 2025, Thompson’s attorney, David Hayakawa, revealed to the court that $3,900 in large bills had been found next to Tokuhara's body.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Since none of the 12 appropriations bills have been approved, this shutdown is more extensive than the partial shutdown that started in December 2018, when Congress had enacted five of the 12 appropriations bills, said the nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank Committee for a Responsible Budget.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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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
Cite this Entry
“Enactments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enactments. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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