as in implementing
to carry out effectively
the duty of the police is to enforce the law
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Recent Examples of enforcing
Perhaps more important to Max’s success is the fact that Russia seems committed to enforcing its use.
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Justin Sherman, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025
Ukraine has a powerful weapon As well as taking a new approach to sanctions, enforcing existing sanctions more effectively is essential, experts say.
—Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
The stunt came while local parent Nick Blanchard delivered a monologue condemning the school board for enforcing the state's policies on the issue.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
What emerges is that, because of how much both the civilians and the regime were inherently inclined towards the occult, enforcing hierarchies within it hardly worked.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
The department maintains its actions are aimed at enforcing immigration laws and protecting officers’ safety.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Base rules at Quantico barred Marines from carrying personal weapons on its grounds, and Colonel Margolin, as the base’s head of security, was in charge of enforcing the weapons ban.
—Chris Cameron, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
But in its most basic version, the unitary executive theory claims that whatever the federal government does that is executive in nature – from implementing and enforcing laws to managing most of what the federal government does – the president alone should personally control it.
—Graham G. Dodds, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
Under a pending agreement with ICE, the Guard's role enforcing immigration laws could expand to providing additional military personnel to be trained by ICE and deputized into assisting with policing immigration.
—Juan Cordoba, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025
Justin Sherman, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025
Ukraine has a powerful weapon As well as taking a new approach to sanctions, enforcing existing sanctions more effectively is essential, experts say.
—Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
The stunt came while local parent Nick Blanchard delivered a monologue condemning the school board for enforcing the state's policies on the issue.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
What emerges is that, because of how much both the civilians and the regime were inherently inclined towards the occult, enforcing hierarchies within it hardly worked.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
The department maintains its actions are aimed at enforcing immigration laws and protecting officers’ safety.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Base rules at Quantico barred Marines from carrying personal weapons on its grounds, and Colonel Margolin, as the base’s head of security, was in charge of enforcing the weapons ban.
—Chris Cameron, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
But in its most basic version, the unitary executive theory claims that whatever the federal government does that is executive in nature – from implementing and enforcing laws to managing most of what the federal government does – the president alone should personally control it.
—Graham G. Dodds, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
Under a pending agreement with ICE, the Guard's role enforcing immigration laws could expand to providing additional military personnel to be trained by ICE and deputized into assisting with policing immigration.
—Juan Cordoba, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enforcing
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The Departments of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security are among those implementing layoffs, according to officials.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Where these processes were once performed manually with the help of workflow tools, companies are now implementing AI to assist in the process.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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To plug the gaps, faculty have been frantically applying for nonfederal sources of money.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
16 Oct. 2025
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Overloading the joints or applying excessive torque may cause mechanical deformation or servo damage, according to reports.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Enforcing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enforcing. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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