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
But staff said the city likely cannot enforce such rules on federal agents.
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Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 3 July 2025
Their structure encodes metadata and lineage in a way that helps enforce policy without getting in the way of exploration.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
The injunction would likely bar California from enforcing residency requirements for CCW applications and allow non-California residents who are not otherwise prohibited from owning guns to apply for a CCW.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2025
The federal government cut 20% of a roughly $139,000 grant to an Indianapolis nonprofit formed in 2011 to enforce antidiscrimination federal housing laws.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 3 July 2025
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Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 3 July 2025
Their structure encodes metadata and lineage in a way that helps enforce policy without getting in the way of exploration.
—Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
The injunction would likely bar California from enforcing residency requirements for CCW applications and allow non-California residents who are not otherwise prohibited from owning guns to apply for a CCW.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2025
The federal government cut 20% of a roughly $139,000 grant to an Indianapolis nonprofit formed in 2011 to enforce antidiscrimination federal housing laws.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 3 July 2025
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This can also help traders implement effective risk management practices, such as setting appropriate stop-loss and take-profit levels.—
Wayne Liang,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Previous efforts to implement cuts have faced bipartisan resistance, but the latest effort has prompted concern due to the seeming total control Trump holds over the Republican Party.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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“Enforce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enforce. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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