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to carry out effectively
the duty of the police is to enforce the law
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Recent Examples of enforced
Teresa Liu, Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
California’s Zone Zero landscaping law, which passed in 2020, will start being enforced for new construction and remodels this February and for existing structures in February 2027.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
Multi-factor authentication enforced across 95% of accounts.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Long hair on men even became a show of resistance following Spanish colonization, which enforced conformity to shorter hair.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 20 Jan. 2026
The result is silence enforced by precarity.
—Christine Villabona-Kuntz, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2026
Fager had successfully enforced the show’s independence from the rest of CBS, allowing his staff to make editorial decisions free of corporate influence.
—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Regardless, the Islamic Republic’s response has been to frame criticism as betrayal, suggesting that those who question support for Gaza or Lebanon are complicit with imperialism – a narrative enforced through a mix of rhetoric and coercion.
—Kamran Talattof, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026
But critics say that the law is not widely known and not enforced.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
Verb
Rodriguez said the amendment clarifies that violations of the disclosure requirement would be enforced as civil violations, a change intended to address concerns raised earlier in the Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
California’s Zone Zero landscaping law, which passed in 2020, will start being enforced for new construction and remodels this February and for existing structures in February 2027.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
Multi-factor authentication enforced across 95% of accounts.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Long hair on men even became a show of resistance following Spanish colonization, which enforced conformity to shorter hair.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 20 Jan. 2026
The result is silence enforced by precarity.
—Christine Villabona-Kuntz, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2026
Fager had successfully enforced the show’s independence from the rest of CBS, allowing his staff to make editorial decisions free of corporate influence.
—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Regardless, the Islamic Republic’s response has been to frame criticism as betrayal, suggesting that those who question support for Gaza or Lebanon are complicit with imperialism – a narrative enforced through a mix of rhetoric and coercion.
—Kamran Talattof, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026
But critics say that the law is not widely known and not enforced.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enforced
Verb
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Natural gas production can be interrupted when gas freezes at the wellhead in subfreezing temperatures if appropriate safeguards are not implemented.—
Matt Randolph,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Investors learned last year that Wall Street moves sharply in response to Trump’s policies — whether they are merely threatened or actually implemented.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Upper Basin negotiators have fiercely rejected calls for mandatory water cuts in their states — an issue that has remained a major sticking point in negotiations.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026
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As a result, the manufacturer recommended visual inspections during routine maintenance cycles, typically every 60 months, rather than urgent repairs or mandatory part replacement.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Four of the candidates appeared on the November ballot, one previously applied for an interim position, and the remaining candidate, an independent, has an unclear political background in a city where being Republican is almost essential to run for office.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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The commission also emphasized that Verizon’s stricter unlocking obligations never applied industry-wide.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Most courses lasted four to six years, with compulsory Russian language instruction for the first two, and a significant amount of Marxist dialectics throughout.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
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And now that video is all but compulsory, their podcast will stream on Netflix.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The mullahs have responded by killing thousands of demonstrators and arresting thousands more, most of whom will be executed if the regime survives.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Citing concerns about safety as the driver was reaching a densely populated area, a sergeant successfully executed a PIT maneuver to stop the vehicle.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Enforced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enforced. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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