legislate

If bondholders are going to legislate good borrower behavior via debt contracts, why stop at transparency?

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said tech companies "have a moral duty to act by making it impossible for children to take, share or view nude images. If they don't, we will legislate".

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

They’ve packed town halls, prompted state and local political leaders to legislate limits on their growth or even to ban them.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

“You can’t legislate that, you can’t mandate it, but I think if you ask people, ‘Could we be better?’—I think you won’t get a better result unless you make the ask.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

And the failure of Prohibition would provide the nation with a powerful lesson in the pitfalls of attempting to legislate morality.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

The General Assembly legislates for a narrowly politically divided state of some 8.7 million people and considers thousands of bills in sessions scheduled for at most 60 days in even-numbered years, less in odd-numbered years.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

First, it legislates more than mere time, place and manner restrictions.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2023

Bonds said it’s crucial for lawmakers to get feedback from Ward-level legislators, who often hear direct feedback from their constituents, before noting that advocates often impact how the council legislates.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2022

It comes as the UK government legislates to protect children online.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2022

It legislates upon many questions at one and the same time, and it has the power to decide the woman question and the negro question at one and the same time.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

It was legislated to continue for at least three years, through 2027.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Traditional sports betting, through companies like DraftKings and FanDuel, is regulated and legislated by U.S. states, and there are states where Americans still cannot legally bet on sports.

From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026

It’s Canada’s flag carrier, a formerly state-owned company that was privatized on the legislated condition that it remain fully bilingual and have its head office in Montreal, in largely French-speaking Quebec.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026

The White House’s plan “may represent a policy opening” that “could evolve into a legislated, progressive, and secure universal system,” said Wealth Equity Lab’s Ghilarducci in the statement.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

It had been legislated and regulated to at least seem fair.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The Irish government has warned that it is considering legislating in the absence of an EU decision.

From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026

Californians are accustomed to legislating by the ballot and often face a list of propositions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

This week marks the eighth anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court ruling that struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act and allowed states to begin legislating sports betting.

From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026

WSJ Analysis The U.S. plan rests on a series of promises by Russia, including legislating in its parliament a policy of non-aggression towards Europe and Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

On Friday, the thirteenth of February 2009, at 2:15 p.m., after a long week of legislating, the Utah House of Representatives met to discuss texting and driving.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel