enact
Example Sentences
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Their ability to enact change depended on their willingness to defy current custom and mores.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
Paramount has said it intends to enact $6 billion in spending cuts at the combined company in its first three years.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026
“It’s a very complicated question as to whether states can enact law enforcement policies that bind the federal government,” said Eric J. Segall, a professor at Georgia State University College of Law.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
But the ex-deputy prime minister also called on ministers to take forward proposals to introduce an independent regulator and enact measures to improve the transparency of service charges.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
“It was utter folly to have the players enact his father’s murder in the presence of Claudius himself. How is this revenge?”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.