enact
Example Sentences
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But former minister Jess Phillips recently accused the government of being slow to enact the measure.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
A customs court in 1974 ruled that tariff unlawful, which prompted Congress to enact Section 122.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has suggested Congress could enact the idea through reconciliation, a process lawmakers used to pass a tax and spending law last year and avoid the filibuster.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Despite some efforts, Congress has failed to enact legislation to protect data privacy, the use of sensitive data by AI systems or to restore the intent of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
Like the Red Queen’s bewildered servants in Alice in Wonderland, the genes scurry about to enact the instructions—build a thorax, make a wing—but in the wrong places or at the wrong times.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing enact
The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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Just Do It: Act
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