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enforce

[en-fawrs, -fohrs] / ɛnˈfɔrs, -ˈfoʊrs /


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Universities that fail to enforce their own disciplinary policies are a much bigger threat to students than occasional frat parties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, in his latest message, has insisted security forces are not under orders to "confront high-school students", only to enforce the law.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

He said he would enforce state laws he doesn’t like as long as they are in line with the California and U.S. constitutions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Nvidia said the platform included a watchdog that can quarantine agents that attempt to move outside their boundaries in milliseconds, as well as software to enforce what agents can see, do, and interact with.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

And they have the laws and the means to enforce their views....I am sure that their attitude is indefensible, but I do not wish to jeopardize my liberty in proving that it is.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Azerbaijan is constitutionally secular and the government strongly enforces that.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

“Every day, DHS enforces the laws of the nation across the country including in California,” the spokesperson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Hong Kong said it enforces United Nations sanctions but not those imposed unilaterally by nations, which it says violate international law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Boland said Ofcom, which enforces the OSA, should be encouraged use it to "crack down on irresponsible online platforms that leave consumers wide open to fraud".

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

The sewage of our towns must be cleaned of its deleterious parts before being run into the streams which give drink to the lower animals, because an Act of Parliament enforces the process.

From Meteorology or Weather Explained by J. G. M'Pherson

In practice, its ability to impose its will is circumscribed by deference to provincial and indigenous prerogatives, often enforced by courts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The law can be "enforced against any provider, starting from the testing phase, if they experience a loss of control that affects the EU's internal market," including cyberattacks and biological or chemical misuse, Regnier said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

He started only 15 different players across the four games with two of his changes enforced by Ballard's injury and Ethan Galbraith's absence against Ukraine to attend the birth of his child.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

But all of this is uncharted territory for Congress, as Briffault explained: “The problem is, the laws have never been significantly enforced because they’ve never been violated in such an egregious way,” he said.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

Hayden was discreetly driven from the park in one of the fair’s innovative English ambulances with quiet rubber tires and placed in a sanitarium for a period of enforced rest.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

In 2018, the Supreme Court ruled that a commission enforcing a state antidiscrimination law had violated Phillips’s religious rights by displaying hostility toward his beliefs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Building affordable housing, along with enforcing those laws, will keep more people housed, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

But an officer praised for enforcing rules can also face criticism for applying them too rigidly without taking into account ground realities.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Consider the fact that an HOA is responsible for enforcing landscaping requirements, such as making sure homeowners have trimmed their grass.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Only fifteen hundred field federal agents were assigned the enormous task of enforcing Prohibition.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler


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