as in to pass
to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action
Congress enacts all laws relating to foreign trade and immigration
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Recent Examples of enact
But at least eight states have already enacted measures restricting student phone use in schools, with many more considering similar policies.
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Raj Goyle, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025
If the two hosts win this weekend, the Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles will enact a second take of Super Bowl LVII.
—Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, the second Trump administration has begun enacting its hardline immigration agenda.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
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.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
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Raj Goyle, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025
If the two hosts win this weekend, the Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles will enact a second take of Super Bowl LVII.
—Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, the second Trump administration has begun enacting its hardline immigration agenda.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
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.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
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On Thursday, the House passed the Fix Our Forests Act, a bipartisan measure that's intended to help prevent catastrophic wildfires and provide proper forest management as California continues.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
24 Jan. 2025
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Watson said outside court that their dossier of information would be passed to authorities.—
Lauren Said-Moorhouse,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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In fact, global wellness tourism now constitutes the fourth largest segment of the behemoth world-wide wellness industry, behind only personal care/beauty, nutrition/weight loss and physical activity.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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In a landscape where women constitute only 24% of NCAA athletic directors and 30% of Division I conference commissioners, McWilliams Parker sees transformation happening in real time.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
15 Jan. 2025
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His Conservative Party, which for all its hand-wringing about AI safety had advocated only light-touch AI regulation, was replaced by a Labour government that has signaled a greater willingness to legislate on AI.—
Billy Perrigo,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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States like Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maine, legislated with binding laws that set limits on emissions to mitigate climate change.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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Focolare History The Focolare Movement, founded by Italian schoolteacher Chiara Lubich in the 1940s, was approved by the Catholic Church in the 1960s.—
Lisa Ling,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Aurora City Council voted around that time last year to approve an agreement with the IEPA for the forgivable loan, which was required before the city could start accepting bids from companies for the project.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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The officials will help Trump run the Pentagon as his nominees for top roles make their way through Congressional confirmation.—
Ellen Mitchell,
The Hill,
22 Jan. 2025
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Such cases bring home the importance of mutually respectful communication when making such requests.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Enact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enact. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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