enacted
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Glenn Melnick, a healthcare economist at the University of Southern California, said even if the initiative were fully implemented and pay cuts enacted, he doubts it would reduce the cost of healthcare for patients.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Several other Asian countries that are heavy oil importers enacted energy-saving measures early on.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
The department said it had also enacted "quarantines, movement controls, and surveillance" in that area.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Better an orderly devolution of the highway program to the states, than one enacted in the midst of chaos.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Though the judge in the John Moore case said patients must be told if their tissues have commercial potential, there was no law enacted to enforce that ruling, so it remains only case law.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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