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enactment

[en-akt-muhnt] / ɛnˈækt mənt /




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Carlos Irving Quintana, a slim 14-year-old with purple hair, wins cheers of approval with his enactment of the iconic "Siuuu" leap of Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo when he scores a goal.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

Since the law’s enactment, Congress has provided funding for the national program.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

The bill’s imminent enactment comes as housing affordability is front and center for many Americans.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

And this was the best he could find: “Two cherry-picked newspaper references almost 20 years apart, and at least 30 years before the enactment of the FTCA.”

From Slate Feb. 24, 2026

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

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

You mentioned that other countries have done similar enactments.

From Slate Jul. 31, 2026

In general, that anxiety shows up in the defenses against it through a wide variety of hypermasculine poses, declarations and enactments.

From Salon Oct. 17, 2024

Such stories and dramatic enactments can bring shared attention to these kinds of challenges, and we know that shared attention is one mechanism that can help people cooperate and solve coordination dilemmas.

From Scientific American Oct. 20, 2023

“The Judicial Branch derives its legitimacy, not from following public opinion, but from deciding by its best lights whether legislative enactments of the popular branches of Government comport with the Constitution.”

From Washington Post Jul. 2, 2022

Many of the enactments, originally of limited application, were subsequently extended, and the principal laws now in force apply to the whole of the United Kingdom.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various




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