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enforce
verb as in put a rule, plan in force
Strongest matches
accomplish, administer, apply, carry out, implement, impose, invoke, prosecute, reinforce, require, sanction
Strong matches
administrate, coerce, commandeer, compel, constrain, demand, dictate, discharge, dragoon, drive, effect, emphasize, exact, execute, exert, expect, extort, fortify, fulfill, goad, hound, impel, incite, lash, make, necessitate, oblige, perform, press, spur, strain, stress, strong-arm, support, urge, whip, wrest
Weak matches
crack down, egg on, force upon, insist on, lean on, put into effect, put screws to
Example Sentences
For example, previous research has lumped together educational gain of white older adults and Black older adults, although school mandates weren't consistently enforced for Black children in the United States.
Carr recently said on X that he will ensure the FCC “will enforce” laws that call on broadcasters “to operate in the public interest.”
They said problems began when the school enforced a no-phones policy, preventing her from listening to music via an earpiece, which allowed her to focus better.
It will now be up to the ICC's 124 member states - which do not include Israel or its ally, the United States - to decide whether or not to enforce the warrants.
Trump and his supporters have shown tremendous hostility to civic institutions — the judiciary, the media, universities, many nonprofits, some religious groups — that seek to define and enforce our obligations to one another.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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