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The authors also explore the notion of “performative identity,” in which both sides of a conversation inevitably enact certain personae.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

In late May, the standards board voted to approve the petition and move forward with steps to enact emergency regulations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Chait points to the Senate’s creation—a compromise between bigger and smaller states to enact the Constitution.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026

So why exactly does Infantino feel powerful enough to enact something so controversial, and what could the consequences be?

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

In March, the German parliament endorsed the Enabling Act, granting Hitler unprecedented power to enact laws without parliamentary involvement.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

This budget enacts a “deemed approved” permitting process—which automatically certifies pending permits after an established time frame—for Department of Environmental Protection regulations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Simply put, the tax code touches on every aspect of American life, and we need a well-run IRS to ensure that the policies Congress enacts and entrusts to the IRS are properly administered.

From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2025

The Taoiseach said he had waited until now because he wanted the Finance Bill, which enacts the Budget changes and contains new tax provisions, to be passed.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2024

Still, no longstanding institution enacts a philosophical about-face overnight, especially when the profession it is representing has been under attack for decades.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2024

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

ICI wrote that Florida enacted a measure and “prematurely” allowed over $1 billion in securities to escheat to the state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

In the 19th century, as the result of lobbying by authors such as Charles Dickens, the British Parliament enacted the Copyright Act of 1842.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

The proposal would rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, enacted in the final days of the Clinton administration, which barred development across vast areas of public forests and grasslands designated as "inventoried roadless areas."

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

The Sentencing Act actually has a clause, not yet enacted, that would allow foreign nationals to be deported at the point of sentence.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

To the ANC, the act was a deeply sinister measure designed to retard the progress of African culture as a whole and, if enacted, permanently set back the freedom struggle of the African people.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

CBS News head Bari Weiss, whom Ellison brought on when he bought her company Free Press, last year, has been under fire for changes she is enacting at the news organization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

“At the same time, we are encouraged that Congress can prevent similarly situated taxpayers from facing the same unfair result by enacting the Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

Strong majorities of Californians believe democracy is under attack and support enacting a new state Voting Rights Act to prohibit discrimination and efforts to suppress voting, a poll showed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Their work caring for others in the name of enacting a more just vision of our country, whether on the national stage or in their everyday lives, is profoundly, fundamentally American.

From Slate ● May 26, 2026

After riding Sunshine, a group of us played at Civil War games, enacting the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, skirmishing with wooden swords and firing log cannons.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly