enactment

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The bond market appears unworried about the next decade, even as tariff’s enactment and now reversal heightens global trade uncertainty.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

These actions undermined the slaveholders’ power, destabilized systems of slavery and, in some cases, hastened the enactment of emancipatory laws.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

All legislation should require that any challenge must be commenced within, say, 30 days of the law’s enactment.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2025

The ECOA’s enactment made it illegal for lenders to refuse to lend to certain groups, or charge them higher interest rates because of their race, color, religion, sex or other protected status.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 17, 2025

Few criticisms of the legislation could be heard en route to enactment.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander