as in enacts
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 legislates
Cannon-Brookes is urging Australia to show more ambition on climate action, even as the new government legislates plans to strengthen the country’s carbon emissions cuts.
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Jordan Novet, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Jordan Novet, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
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In a time where AI country singers are making the charts and vocal deepfakes run rampant, the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act enacts protections for artists against unauthorized uses of their voice and likeness in deepfakes and digital replicas.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
12 Dec. 2025
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Whatever violence the major enacts against these POWs will stain his soul, but refusing to follow his own orders will doom him.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Legislates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislates. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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