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
Omoto’s testimony was used to not only convict the suspect — who was found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison — but her story and lobbying efforts also changed the law to further codify and enforce threats against school campuses around the state.
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Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
An ordinance approving a push tax, or a penny-per-play fee, on video gambling terminals was passed in October 2021, but never enforced and there are legal challenges pending to such a tax.
—Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
In April 2023, Doral updated its code to include language enforcing valet parking violations in lieu of the standard parking regulations section, strengthening oversight of improper parking practices.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
New York joins California in suing over Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's efforts to tighten up the rules for which immigrants can qualify to get a commercial driver's license and make sure the states are properly enforcing the existing rules.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
An ordinance approving a push tax, or a penny-per-play fee, on video gambling terminals was passed in October 2021, but never enforced and there are legal challenges pending to such a tax.
—Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
In April 2023, Doral updated its code to include language enforcing valet parking violations in lieu of the standard parking regulations section, strengthening oversight of improper parking practices.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
New York joins California in suing over Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's efforts to tighten up the rules for which immigrants can qualify to get a commercial driver's license and make sure the states are properly enforcing the existing rules.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
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In addition to creating a registry for these brokers, and implementing new mandatory fees for the registry, the bill also charges the state Department of Consumer Protection with creating a deletion mechanism that would let people remove their personal data from broker databases and websites.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
24 Apr. 2026
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Bringing retail investors home Seoul has implemented measures to try and stem outflows, with the country's finance ministry announcing tax breaks for individual investors who sell their foreign holdings.—
Lim Hui Jie,Blair Baek,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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Conventional warfare, in which bombs are dropped, shipping channels are mined, and the Geneva Conventions apply more broadly, tends to be time-limited (even if the conflict endures for a long period of time).—
Sue Halpern,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Catcher Lauren Cauthen applied the tag on the strike from Gonzalez, who is committed to Washington.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Enforce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enforce. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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