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adjective

as in demanded

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verb

past tense of enforce

as in implemented

to carry out effectively the duty of the police is to enforce the law

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This distinction matters because Americans often think of law as something established and enforced by the state. — Asma Uddin, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026 But those laws must be enforced consistently along with our obligations to protect people from persecution or torture, including when removal to a third country could expose them to such harm or lead to their forcible return to Nicaragua. — Lynn Northcutt Vega, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026 Although many other jurisdictions around the world had made similar attempts at legislating age restrictions, the Online Safety Amendment Act would be the first enforced on a national scale. — Oscar Schwartz, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026 These people just hang out with each other all the time and this is how the norms are enforced and deepened. — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 26 Oct. 2026 But even for those species that nominally benefit from it, the law is very rarely enforced. — Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 24 Oct. 2026 Environmentalists have expressed concerns, however, that the law won’t be enforced against Pérez under the country’s conservative National Party, of which Zambrano is a member. — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026 The effort, however, has been criticized by some, including politicians and digital rights advocates, for not being aggressively enough enforced since the ban took effect in December 2025. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 22 Oct. 2026 School vaccine requirements gained speed in the 1970s and became widely enforced by the 1980s. — Raj Panjabi, STAT, 21 Oct. 2026

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Consider having these conversations sooner rather than later, however, as most pet insurance policies will require the completion of a mandatory waiting period before your coverage kicks in.

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Regarding compliance, Digital Product Passports (DPPs) are set for a mandatory phase-in for apparel and footwear in late 2027.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026

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ANYbotics performed a comprehensive ignition-risk assessment for ANYmal X’s service life and implemented safeguards for each potential ignition source.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
In the aftermath of September 11th, the Bush Administration implemented a national registry that required immigrant boys and men from twenty-four Muslim-majority countries to register with the government.

— Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of implemented

Adjective

Those include whether the fast-growing ultra-Orthodox population should remain exempted from compulsory military service in a country where many families have seen their sons and daughters killed in three years of inconclusive wars.

— Cara Anna, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
About 330,000 young Israelis, many facing compulsory military service under the shadow of war, are eligible to vote for the first time.

— Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of compulsory

Verb

He was said to have applied for his company, Shawty Dred LLC, to become an authorized SNAP retailer and used EBT debit cards to extract about $4 million from the accounts.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Under existing standards applied by the Maryland Supreme Court, districts must be compact, consist of adjoining territory, maintain substantially equal populations and respect natural boundaries and political subdivisions.

— Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of applied

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Smartly, Fischer and Wilson build out this community with its own strange customs, big and small, each executed without explanation, question or complaint.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
The researchers worked with RISC-V assembly code, which represents instructions executed by a processor.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026

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