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
  • The deal could close as soon as July 22, though several states, including Oregon and California, are investigating whether the $111 billion transaction violates their antitrust laws.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 11 July 2026
  • Prediction markets can legally operate in Texas because they’re regulated by the federal government rather than under state gambling laws.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2026
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Noun
  • The new protocols posted last month to IDOC’s website for the first time laid out in detail how the state plans to conduct firing squad executions.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 10 July 2026
  • But most those countries are also notable for carrying out executions swiftly, with little chance for appeal.
    — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 July 2026
Definition of executions
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  • Mehrabian recalled seeing acts like Tale Of Us and Solomun at Lot 613 in their early days.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • Government repression increasingly targeted Catholic clergy in communities in Quiché, and Gerardi began to openly protest the violent acts.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 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
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  • The sober home ordinances that the state is attacking are modeled after Costa Mesa’s rules; rules that have prevailed over these exact kinds of objections in federal court.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 9 July 2026
  • The city also needs to change its own outdated ordinances but is waiting until the new rules are enacted, management analyst Giovanni Jungo told the Elgin City Council at its Wednesday night meeting.
    — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
Definition of ordinances
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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
Definition of fulfillments
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  • The Constitutional Court ruled that Tokayev can run again when his term expires in 2029 because his current tenure does not count under amendments to the constitution that were approved in a nationwide vote in March and came into force this month.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026
  • With four council members already on board, the proposal seems likely to pass, but that doesn’t mean last-minute objections and amendments are not possible when the ordinance comes before the council this month for final adoption.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 7 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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