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Recent Examples of legislate Instead of legislating against the U.S.’s greatest businesses, Lee and other members of the U.S. political class should be removing barriers to their ability to innovate, and in the process freeing them to find a future of advertising that history says will not resemble the one of the present. John Tamny, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025 During a January hearing on DEI initiatives, Toews told lawmakers that he was drawn to legislating on the issue in part because of a story his daughter, a university student in Idaho, told him about a classmate. Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 11 Apr. 2025 That the Founders placed the power to tax, tariff, and legislate in the hands of the legislature, instead of the executive, was not an accident. The Editors, National Review, 8 Apr. 2025 Pro-separation writers tended to emphasize the distinctiveness of Maine and the need for a smaller legislature, composed of men who understood the local environment and economic conditions, and who could effectively legislate on behalf of Mainers. Made By History, Time, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for legislate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislate
enact
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  • House Republicans defended a bill that would enact sweeping tax cuts, raise the debt ceiling, and add restrictions to benefit programs during a heated marathon day of committee hearings on Capitol Hill.
    Riley Beggin, USA Today, 13 May 2025
  • The Trump administration hopes the plan will be enacted by July 4.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025

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“Legislate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislate. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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