as in to implement
to carry out effectively
the duty of the police is to enforce the law
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The anti-vice crusader wanted to stymie Woodhull’s influence and move forward with an initiative that would harness the power of the federal government to enforce a particular vision of the U.S. social order.
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Rebecca Dewolf / Made By History, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024
In New York City, for example, the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection began enforcing a law aimed squarely at AI bias in the workplace.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 10 Sep. 2024
An army of security guards enforce this policy, some of them employed by Columbia, others part of private-security firms that the university has maintained in recent months.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
In the aftermath of the killing of Tyre Nichols, the Memphis city council passed an ordinance that curtailed the way police enforced minor traffic violations, but Tennessee lawmakers objected.
—Debbie Elliott, NPR, 9 Sep. 2024
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Rebecca Dewolf / Made By History, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024
In New York City, for example, the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection began enforcing a law aimed squarely at AI bias in the workplace.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 10 Sep. 2024
An army of security guards enforce this policy, some of them employed by Columbia, others part of private-security firms that the university has maintained in recent months.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
In the aftermath of the killing of Tyre Nichols, the Memphis city council passed an ordinance that curtailed the way police enforced minor traffic violations, but Tennessee lawmakers objected.
—Debbie Elliott, NPR, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Enforce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enforce. Accessed 29 Sep. 2024.
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