legislated

Example Sentences

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Banks are too complex to govern through legislated rules alone, too important to leave to market discipline, and too dynamic for one-time approval.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 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

The government has legislated that health insurers must make money.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 28, 2026

Tony Blair's Labour government legislated for voluntary ID cards in the early 2000s.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025

The rules of standard English are not legislated by a tribunal of lexicographers but emerge as an implicit consensus within a virtual community of writers, readers, and editors.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker