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legislate

[lej-is-leyt] / ˈlɛdʒ ɪsˌleɪt /
VERB
make laws
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Nicholas Bednar and Max Sarinsky, came up with a few solutions that Congress could legislate without violating Slaughter, and I do think it’s worth lifting those up.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

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

From Barron's Jun. 23, 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

I’m sure people did question whether Italian printers were quite the right people to legislate on the meaning of everything; but on the other hand, resistance was obviously useless against ajamily that could invent italics.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

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

One of Ms Forbes' rivals for the leadership, Humza Yousaf, is a Muslim but he insists his faith does not dictate how he legislates.

From BBC Feb. 21, 2023

The blueprint set during the 1994 offseason continues to serve as a model for how the league legislates on-field action.

From Slate Sep. 3, 2014

This necessity of practice reposes, not on feeling, impulse, or inclination, but on the relation between rational beings arising from the fact that each, as End-in-self, legislates universally.

From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Alexander Bain

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

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

“The implementation of these standards will deliver a simple, consistent regulatory framework for large data centers and AI training and be the first to be legislated by a government worldwide,” Albanese said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 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

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

Decades ago they started outsourcing to executive-branch agencies the task of nitty-gritty legislating.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

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

I accepted the new position at the hospital; Barack continued teaching and legislating.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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