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enacts

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present tense third-person singular of enact

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 Trump quickly enacts a temporary 10% global levy using a different law. — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2026 Undaunted, Demczur used his squeegee blade to carve a hole in the plaster so the men could kick through the wall to escape—a process Demczur re-enacts for the series. — ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026 The leader who takes bodyful ownership of their life and enacts disciplined practices to sense its rhythms will not only enjoy greater harmony and wellbeing but bring greater coherence to their work and to their world. — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 On just one unchanging set, an old-time concert hall designed by Rachel Hauck and made appropriately ominous, a tiny ensemble enacts a whole Greek tragedy of love and sacrifice that goes from the land of the living to the underworld and back. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 22 July 2026 He gets framed by Foster’s kingpin and then enacts a revenge campaign. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 21 July 2026 Students, parents and community activists are hoping the board enacts the policy before the first day of school in August. — Emily McLeod, CBS News, 14 July 2026 Until Congress enacts a uniform national ban on partisan gerrymandering, the amendment’s advocates argue New York shouldn’t fight with its hands tied behind its back. — Jeffrey M. Wice, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026 The Attorney General enacts California’s laws and can bring litigation against companies or the federal government on behalf of state residents. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026

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The 2025 Africa Organized Crime Index says cocaine from South America passes through the country on its way to other parts of the world.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026
Matix Frithsmith of Hart runs, catches, passes and does everything.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of passes

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Financial institutions have not settled on what exactly constitutes a high-yield savings account.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
At this stage of the litigation, OpenAI and Microsoft bear the burden of proving that their conduct constitutes fair use, which turns on a four-factor balancing test.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

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An authoritarian government does that arithmetic out loud and legislates against the projection.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Through the years, Dargan was involved in high-profile issues in the legislature because the public safety committee legislates guns and gambling.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026

Definition of legislates

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Those are questions that will play out as the game dictates by who’s winning the one-on-one matchups.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Delaware state law dictates that state and local primaries be held the second Tuesday after the first Monday in September in general election years, pushing the primary back into the third week of September this year.

— Caroline Linton, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

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