enacted
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In 2001, Fairfax lawmakers enacted a ban on all herbicides, insecticides and rodenticides on public land.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 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
According to Airbnb research, when cities like New York enacted stricter hosting policies, swaths of the company’s home-rental footprint effectively disappeared in those areas.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
At the time that they enacted the Constitution, the ratio between the largest state and the smallest state was something about 13-to-1 or 14-to-1.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 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
