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enact

[en-akt] / ɛnˈækt /




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Each of us has that ability to enact change.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

A medical student pressed him on how one senator could actually enact the sweeping things he was promising.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

But it faced criticism within its own ranks for being slow to enact it.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Accreditation determines whether other states will accept a state’s solvency examinations and, in practice, places intense pressure on legislatures to enact specified model laws.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

That was the only way to enact her plan to get into the family vault.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

These conflicting emotions are cued by music that enacts the characters’ inner lives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

A Bachardy portrait enacts an extended visual encounter between two people, its intimacy inescapable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025

The true danger lies not only in what the state enacts, but in what the public comes to accept as normal, even necessary.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025

Simply put, the tax code touches on every aspect of American life, and we need a well-run IRS to ensure that the policies Congress enacts and entrusts to the IRS are properly administered.

From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2025

In a separate act, the Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance, which outlaws slavery in the territories north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi Rivers.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

And in Washington state, voters will consider whether to repeal a newly enacted 9.9% tax on households that earn over $1 million.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Singapore enacted the Transboundary haze Pollution Act in 2014, after a severe pollution episode in 2013.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

In July, she enacted a three-year pause on any new tax break given to a company for a data centres project.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

In other instances, such as in Louisiana, an AI law was enacted after the ad aired.

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026

Bobby smiled for the first time in months when he heard that the Icelandic bill had been enacted, and on March 23, 2005, he was released from his cell.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

A spokesperson for Ulster University said it was "already enacting a substantial savings plan".

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Council members must get buy-in from their colleagues before enacting new 41.18 zones.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

District Court Judge Indira Talwani, a federal judge in Massachusetts, who will decide in the coming days whether to issue a permanent ban on enacting the system for this election.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

Voters have launched a ballot campaign to repeal the tax and bar the state and localities from enacting income taxes in the future.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Luckily, she had lost her voice, and she could only smile and shrug and wave her arms gracefully, like fronds, as the children tried to guess what sort of charade she was enacting.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood


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