enforces

present tense third-person singular of enforce

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Recent Examples of enforces The heat dome enforces that there cannot be any other higher pressure air in every direction. Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026 Aceh is the only province in Muslim-majority Indonesia that enforces a version of Islamic law. ABC News, 2 July 2026 In its present form, the FTC enforces and administers some 80 statutes, which cover almost every facet of our Nation’s economy. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 29 June 2026 The real goal should be a single governance architecture that enforces local policy differences consistently. Greg Pavlik, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 In Kansas City and Independence, each city’s health department enforces the food code while in Kansas, the state’s Department of Agriculture handles inspections. Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 29 June 2026 The protestors vow to stay put until the government enforces section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, requiring accessibility for all federal spaces. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2026 According to the latest indictment, federal prosecutors allege that Paez enforces the Sinaloa Cartel’s operations in Sinaloa and Tijuana using armed fighters and hit men to carry out murders, kidnappings and other violent activity. Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 Aronowitz, as head of the Employee Benefits Security Administration, the Department of Labor office that enforces ERISA, is responsible for following through. Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 8 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enforces
Verb
  • Eligible for a maximum of two four-year terms, the president implements policies within the framework set out by the supreme leader and spearheads Iran’s diplomacy.
    Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • While acknowledging potential job displacement, the bank proactively implements retraining and redeployment programs to retain talent, emphasizing a strategic focus on workflows and connected infrastructure for successful AI integration.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • This article was generated by the CA Earthquake Bot, software that analyzes structured information, such as data, and applies it to articles based on templates created by journalists in the newsroom.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026
  • The planning commission applies the law during its approval process.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • But changing how the world executes agreements was never just about software.
    Keith Krach, Fortune, 3 July 2026
  • This command executes malicious code inside the AppleScript directly.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026

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“Enforces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enforces. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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