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legislate

[lej-is-leyt] / ˈlɛdʒ ɪsˌleɪt /
VERB
make laws
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The government has legislated that health insurers must make money.

From MarketWatch

The government insisted it would legislate to deliver on this pledge and would "set out further details in due course".

From BBC

"We will legislate to deliver on this and further details of the bill will be announced in due course."

From Barron's

The draft law does not legislate for a ban on Senedd politicians lying more generally, after a committee recommended that the existing regime of investigations by a parliamentary standards commissioner be strengthened instead.

From BBC

These findings have implications for the policy landscape Mr. Claggett is trying to legislate.

From The Wall Street Journal