as in passes
to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action
Congress enacts all laws relating to foreign trade and immigration
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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.
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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
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
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As one example, a recent study found that in San Diego County, rents increase by more than $1,700 per unit annually when a city passes a Tenant Protection Ordinance.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
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Most of us who are actually alive would, y’know, instead say the name of the restaurant; such is the shorthand understanding that passes between two people who have known each other for some time.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Sep. 2025
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Republicans, however, have pushed back on the idea that getting people fired for their Kirk posts constitutes cancel culture.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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But there’s also a useful ambiguity inherent in our current understanding of what constitutes a TV Movie.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
12 Sep. 2025
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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
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At the Morgan Stanley event, Vena also sought to reassure concerns about labor at both companies if the STB approves the deal.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Sep. 2025
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Each agency in charge of enforcing each law would then weigh potential harms, with enforcement to be modified based on how much of the application each agency approves.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
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This dictates the color used for things like menu selections and buttons in various apps.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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And their production dictates the amount circulating.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Enacts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enacts. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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