enacted; enacting; enacts
1
: to establish by legal and authoritative act
specifically
: to make into law
enact a bill
2
: act out
enact a role
Examples of enact in a Sentence
Congress will enact legislation related to that issue.
The law was finally enacted today.
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And Trump has seemed emboldened by this boost: His staff and surrogates have claimed a mandate to enact swift and comprehensive legislative change and fundamentally rework the administrative state.
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G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
People who want to see tangible change within their own communities should encourage their state lawmakers to enact similar programs – which are already in various stages of development in New York, Oregon, Maryland, Vermont, and Pennsylvania—and vote for local candidates who are pro-climate.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
Suppose the United States eliminates methane rules and/or enacts tariffs.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Governments, meanwhile, may use their powers over information to suppress unfavorable narratives: laws originally aimed at misinformation, many enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic, can hinder free expression.
—Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
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G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
People who want to see tangible change within their own communities should encourage their state lawmakers to enact similar programs – which are already in various stages of development in New York, Oregon, Maryland, Vermont, and Pennsylvania—and vote for local candidates who are pro-climate.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
Suppose the United States eliminates methane rules and/or enacts tariffs.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Governments, meanwhile, may use their powers over information to suppress unfavorable narratives: laws originally aimed at misinformation, many enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic, can hinder free expression.
—Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Enact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enact. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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enact
transitive verb
en·act
i-ˈnakt 
: to establish by legal and authoritative act : make into law
enact a bill
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