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[en-akt] / ɛnˈækt /




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As part of the deal, the firm promised to enact two-hour daily time limits for young users, along with night-time blocks on use, muted notifications during school hours, and other changes.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

A medical student pressed him on how one senator could actually enact the sweeping things he was promising.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

According to the indictment, the state Constitution provides “a means for citizens to bypass the state legislature and enact statutes and constitutional amendments directly through the initiative process.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

Accreditation determines whether other states will accept a state’s solvency examinations and, in practice, places intense pressure on legislatures to enact specified model laws.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

They love to dream them up and enact them, study them and tinker with them.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Golding is writing about the instability of the self, after all, and his prose enacts that instability: shifting perspectives and uncertain ground, relieved by moments of sudden, disquieting clarity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

You mentioned that sometimes Congress enacts authorizations for use of military force.

From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2026

Then, Broad enacts the exact same scene with more precise moves and an impressive leap.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025

The true danger lies not only in what the state enacts, but in what the public comes to accept as normal, even necessary.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025

In a separate act, the Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance, which outlaws slavery in the territories north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi Rivers.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Medical debt below $500 no longer affects credit scores under voluntary policies adopted by major credit-report agencies, and some states have enacted laws seeking to ban or restrict medical debt affecting credit scores.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The administration has not detailed how such a $5,000 payment would be funded or enacted.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Under the act, new or higher special taxes enacted after Jan. 1, 2026 would be audited every four years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

A PSG statement at the time said it "has always acted in full compliance with the laws and regulations enacted by sports institutions" and it "denies the allegations".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

In response, one state after another enacted direct-file laws that allowed juvenile offenders to be transferred to adult courts if they committed certain crimes.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

It is unclear how long Burnham can tread water without calling an election and enacting the bold plans he has presented.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

District Court Judge Indira Talwani, a federal judge in Massachusetts, who will decide in the coming days whether to issue a permanent ban on enacting the system for this election.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

But the spokesperson stressed Kosovo would focus on enacting its deal with Denmark "before entering into any new agreement of a similar nature".

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

What we have seen in Minneapolis is ordinary people insisting on their own vision of what we are and what we do as a country, then enacting that vision.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

Luckily, she had lost her voice, and she could only smile and shrug and wave her arms gracefully, like fronds, as the children tried to guess what sort of charade she was enacting.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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