How to Use enact in a Sentence

enact

verb

• The law was finally enacted today.
• Congress will enact legislation related to that issue.
• However, these states still need the OK from Congress to enact the change.
  — Jennifer Sangalang, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2023
• The measure was passed last year by the D.C. Council, which overrode a mayoral veto to try to enact it into law.
  — Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
• Meanwhile, both presidential candidates are out promising actions that, if enacted would only swell this tide of red ink.
  — Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
• New legislation to enact the new controls is expected to be introduced before the summer.
  — Jon Porter, The Verge, 9 Mar. 2023
• Laws and regulations dealing with issues like these are impossible to enact with any speed, let alone against the lightning-fast culture of the internet.
  — Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2023
• Some protesters like Tsitlidze also feared that the government would try to enact similar legislation in the future.
  — Matthew Bodner, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2023
• Target is an even larger retailer that Wells Fargo is concerned will suffer from high tariffs enacted in a second Trump term.
  — Alex Harring, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024
• Anderson called on the industry to enact numerous changes, speaking in directives both specific and general.
  — Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 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
• Parts of the overhaul could be enacted as early as this week.
  — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2023
• 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
• Register to vote This is the simplest (and free) way to help enact change in our society.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 27 Mar. 2023
• 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

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024