as in to implement
to carry out effectively
the duty of the police is to enforce the law
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Recent Examples of enforce
One year ago today, New York signed the Fashion Workers Act into law, legislating access to workplace protection for models, and enforcing tighter regulation policies for the management companies that represent them.
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Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 19 June 2026
Treinen said league officials had told him the rule is strictly enforced.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
France’s rule barring under-15s from social media, for instance, doesn’t specify who is actually obligated to enforce it, since naming platforms as the responsible party would trigger a direct conflict with EU law.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2026
Governance is embedded in the data layer to do lifecycle management and enforce privacy rules without using outside software.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
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Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 19 June 2026
Treinen said league officials had told him the rule is strictly enforced.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
France’s rule barring under-15s from social media, for instance, doesn’t specify who is actually obligated to enforce it, since naming platforms as the responsible party would trigger a direct conflict with EU law.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2026
Governance is embedded in the data layer to do lifecycle management and enforce privacy rules without using outside software.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
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Last summer, City Hall under Mayor Adams worked on a plan to implement real age verification to prevent minors from harming themselves and others.—
Bradley Tusk,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2026
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Meanwhile, state insurance regulators, led by the NAIC, have quietly implemented rules.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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Those rules govern which AI models Promise may use and what protections apply — effectively letting each client decide how heavily AI figures into the work.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Lower Manhattan became frozen beyond expectation, with subways stopping south of Canal Street, a border that had earlier applied only to cars.—
Amina Kilpatrick,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
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“Enforce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enforce. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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