legislate

Example Sentences

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And Washington, for all of its efforts to reshape the economy, can’t legislate aging away.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

I don’t know how you legislate against greed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

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

From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026

"You can't legislate people into shape," he says.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

“The lawgivers of antiquity...legislated for single cities,” Adams observed, but “who can legislate for 20 or 30 states, each of which is greater than Greece or Rome at those times?”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis