enforces

verb

present tense third-person singular of enforce
as in implements
to carry out effectively the duty of the police is to enforce the law

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Recent Examples of enforces From broader cultural debates, including race and equity, to how the league enforces its rules, there are certainly things the new WNBA commissioner will need to address next season and beyond. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Encode the process into your tools so the system enforces what the wiki describes. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Oct. 2026 The Judicial Qualifications Commission enforces an extensive code of conduct that takes a dim view of judges and candidates who lie about their opponents, disparage fellow judges, or deceive voters. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026 The Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice enforces the rules. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 Israel enforces some of the strictest aviation security protocols in the world, after facing a history of hijackings and terminal attacks. — Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 Wilson Rivera Espinosa was a safety specialist in CMPD’s passenger vehicle for hire unit, which administers and enforces city regulations involving the licensing, inspection and operation of passenger vehicles for hire in Charlotte. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026 Kyiv hails the vote as vital political backing after months of lobbying, but the sanctions’ real impact hinges on how aggressively Washington enforces the new powers at home and abroad. — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 The Orwellian parallels and Cold War overtones are strong on this particular planet, where a hive-mind entity enforces conformity through mass surveillance and zero-tolerance punishments. — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enforces
  1. implements
  2. applies
  3. executes
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  • Public bathrooms Tourists and locals alike can be more at ease when exploring NYC, as Mayor Zohran Mamdani implements a new program rolling out free modular public bathrooms in high-traffic areas across the city.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Sales Must Consider All Stakeholders This same kind of separation appears in enterprise software, where an executive approves the purchase, an internal team implements it and employees use it every day.
    — Alex Kowtun, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of implements
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  • For the collection, the mill applies a special cleaning process to cotton that removes 80 percent of impurities.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The California Department of Education clarified that a waiver the district received only applies to the 80% staffing rule and does not extend the three-year spending deadline, meaning unexpended funds revert to the state.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of applies
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  • TensorFlow Lite, a Google software tool, executes movements, including walking and recovery, using data from the phone’s internal sensors a few times per second.
    — muskanbhatia, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Teams built one system that both decides what to do and executes it.
    — Alex Salazar, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
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“Enforces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enforces. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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