enacts

present tense third-person singular of enact

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of enacts Commissioners’ closest vote involved the portion of the budget legislation that enacts a less than 1% increase in household trash fees. Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025 The rule also increases the maximum annual cost-sharing limitation and enacts stricter income-verification measures. Joseph Choi, The Hill, 2 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enacts
Verb
  • The law imposes a 25-cent tax on each online sports bet, rising to 50 cents once a sportsbook passes 20 million wagers in a fiscal year.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • As time passes, the Russians deny any involvement.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Cash constitutes only 3% of assets, while debt approaches $2B, roughly 75% of equity.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • For all the fitness enthusiasts, the dating coach adds that working out isn’t a hobby and constitutes work.
    Essence, Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Cannon-Brookes is urging Australia to show more ambition on climate action, even as the new government legislates plans to strengthen the country’s carbon emissions cuts.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Covering 500,000 works that Anthropic pirated for AI training, if a court approves the settlement, each author will receive $3,000 per work that Anthropic stole.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Sep. 2025
  • And the Railroad Commission sometimes approves flaring smaller volumes than requested, which is not captured in the data.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Common sense dictates that Marlowe simply kept his head down for a few hundred years, went to Memphis, and popped up as Elvis Presley.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Additionally, the law dictates that state scholarship funding used in high school for more than 29 credit hours will reduce the Arkansas Access to Acceleration scholarship funding that's available to students after high school.
    Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2025

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