legislated

past tense of legislate

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Recent Examples of legislated Whatever Early Warning concedes in New York will bind a network Congress never legislated on and the CFPB abandoned. Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 The latter is legislated by some other nations. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 June 2026 Although employer and consumer groups advocated for a benchmark payment rate to resolve surprise billing disputes between providers and insurers, Congress ultimately sided with providers and legislated an arbitration mandate. James Gelfand, STAT, 20 Mar. 2026 The city has debated, legislated and litigated cameras in public space for decades. Yunus Emre Tozal, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026 In May, New Zealand proposed a ban on under-16 social media accounts, which would follow a similar age verification process as Australia’s if legislated. Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Dec. 2025 But integration can’t be legislated from the top down alone. Emeka Ajene, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025 The United States was Triumph’s most promising market, and because convertibles were nearly legislated out of existence at the time due to misguided Department of Transportation (DOT) roll-over worries, Triumph launched the TR7 as a coupe. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislated
enacted
Verb
  • In the 1970s, New York City enacted a zoning regulation targeted at protecting the fast-eroding industrial base.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
  • If enacted, legislation of this kind would fundamentally alter the business model of companies like Waymo, giving them no choice but to turn to human drivers in order to stay afloat in local markets.
    Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2026

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“Legislated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislated. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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