enact
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Congress has sometimes taken decades to enact rules for other revolutionary technologies, from electricity to airplanes.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
Morgan Stanley’s Erik Woodring speculated in a July note that Apple could enact a $200 price increase across the entire iPhone 18 lineup.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
Mamdani remains popular and influential, commanding high approval numbers from likely voters and acting as a kingmaker for candidates who can enact his affordability agenda.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Some have demanded the city more thoroughly investigate whether municipal finances or policies were compromised and enact safeguards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Then she could enact Plan Melodramatic Aru and get herself out of this mess and never ever ever lie again.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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Golding is writing about the instability of the self, after all, and his prose enacts that instability: shifting perspectives and uncertain ground, relieved by moments of sudden, disquieting clarity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Then, Broad enacts the exact same scene with more precise moves and an impressive leap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 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
The Taoiseach said he had waited until now because he wanted the Finance Bill, which enacts the Budget changes and contains new tax provisions, to be passed.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2024
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
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In 2021, it enacted a so-called news media bargaining code aimed at pressuring Meta and Google into commercial deals with publishers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
But there is often turbulence when a ban is enacted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
I think we have enough evidence right now to look at what that change has enacted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
ICI wrote that Florida enacted a measure and “prematurely” allowed over $1 billion in securities to escheat to the state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Although the convict laws enacted during this period are rarely seen as part of the black codes, that is a mistake.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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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
But the spokesperson stressed Kosovo would focus on enacting its deal with Denmark "before entering into any new agreement of a similar nature".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Strong majorities of Californians believe democracy is under attack and support enacting a new state Voting Rights Act to prohibit discrimination and efforts to suppress voting, a poll showed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
They do so by enacting new constitutional text via Article 5.
From Slate ● May 26, 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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The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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