How to Use enact in a Sentence

enact

verb

• The law was finally enacted today.
• Congress will enact legislation related to that issue.
• Parts of the overhaul could be enacted as early as this week.
  — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2023
• Register to vote This is the simplest (and free) way to help enact change in our society.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 27 Mar. 2023
• Postproduction and the stunts enacted in the film are also explored.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2023
• The year prior, the city enacted a policy which allowed unregistered vehicles involved in reckless driving to be towed.
  — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 11 Oct. 2024
• Prusiecki said those incidents played some part in the board's decision to enact this new policy but the move was also part of the district’s ongoing conversation about how to increase school safety.
  — Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Mar. 2023
• But part of the joy of playing with dolls is in enacting stories.
  — Madeleine Deliee, Parents, 1 Aug. 2023
• The job of Democrats is to win elections and enact Democratic policies.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2023
• More than a dozen states have now enacted school phone restrictions in the U.S.
  — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2024
• Montana has become the first state in the nation to enact a total ban on TikTok.
  — Tanay Howard, Parents, 10 July 2023
• While more than 10 states have enacted laws over bathroom use, Missouri is not one of them.
  — Heather Hollingsworth, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
• About half of those states enacted these protections since the fall of Roe, according to a KFF.
  — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 23 May 2024
• Officials at some state fairs have enacted stricter rules to keep the virus from spreading.
  — Brittney Melton, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
• Pending bills in the House and Senate would increase the penalty to nearly 10 times that amount if enacted.
  — Betsy Wood, The Conversation, 26 June 2023
• The 2024 state legislative season may see at least a dozen states enact reforms.
  — Stanley Goldfarb, National Review, 21 Nov. 2023
• If a judge rules in their favor, abortions would be allowed in order to preserve the health of the mother, based on a law enacted in 1985.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2023
• It must be approved by the full City Council at a later date before it is enacted.
  — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023
• Lawmakers did not enact an income tax until the Civil War, to pay for the Union war effort.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 Sep. 2023
• The judge ruled that the ordinance had not been properly enacted.
  — Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2023
• The Comstock Act, enacted in 1873, bars the mailing of drugs that can be used to terminate pregnancies.
  — Pam Belluck, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
• Another calls for the department to enact a plan that allows for the safe placement of people due to be released.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024
• Biden, who signed a bipartisan gun-control bill last year, has urged more states to enact red-flag laws, which exist in about 20 states.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2023
• However, there’s everything wrong with the way in which the new pricing scheme was enacted.
  — Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
• Now is the time for lawmakers to enact meaningful safeguards to protect our kids.
  — Teresa Huizar, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
• Every single Democrat has signed a bill to enact Roe v. Wade standards.
  — CBS News, 7 May 2023
• This measure would allow cities and counties to enact rent control.
  — Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2024
• Iowa is the latest state to take aim at child labor protections, enacting one of the most significant roll backs to date.
  — Julia Malleck, Quartz, 4 July 2023
• And no justice stepped in when Alito thumbed his nose at the recusal statute enacted by Congress.
  — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 29 July 2024
• Months later, in December, Trump enacted a second $900 billion round of government support.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024