enact
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She is now looking at trying to maximise production from existing North Sea fields through "tie backs" and enact a radical reform to break the link between electricity prices and rising gas prices.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Not until the Civil War did Congress enact a national draft, and even then it was met with significant resistance through both legal and political action and riots in the streets.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
Maine lawmakers on Tuesday passed a ban on large data-center construction, making it the first state to enact such a measure as communities around the U.S. deal with fallout from the artificial-intelligence boom.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Hartnett thinks the short end of the Treasury yield curve will outperform the long end, as he views the Federal Reserve as unlikely to enact rate increases, thereby boosting longer-term inflation expectations.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 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
Vocabulary lists containing enact
The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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Just Do It: Act
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