as in to enact
to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action
wants the Congress to legislate new laws banning the use of these types of weapons
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Recent Examples of legislate
Southern states argued that their rights to legislate independently superseded federal attempts to guarantee civil liberties.
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 18 June 2025
Bill that threaten to undermine the Government’s careful and consultative approach to legislating on copyright and AI development.
—Philip Salter, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
The innovative companies are starting that today, and packaging reuse is legislated in Europe and will spread to other countries.
—Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 4 June 2025
The issue has been repeatedly legislated and litigated since the Scopes trial.
—Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 18 June 2025
Bill that threaten to undermine the Government’s careful and consultative approach to legislating on copyright and AI development.
—Philip Salter, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
The innovative companies are starting that today, and packaging reuse is legislated in Europe and will spread to other countries.
—Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 4 June 2025
The issue has been repeatedly legislated and litigated since the Scopes trial.
—Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislate
enact
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The first payments from Canada's digital services tax, which was enacted last year and applies retroactively to 2022, were initially set to be collected Monday.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
30 June 2025
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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was not especially well loved when it was enacted at the end of that year.—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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“Legislate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislate. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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