enact
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ServiceNow’s AI Control Tower allows organizations to enact proper governance and security protocols for AI agents.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
Should they enact policies to preserve crumbling homes and keep rents down?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
No provision of the Constitution says in so many words that Congress may not compel state officials to carry out federal law-enforcement responsibilities or to enact legislation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
TikTok on Friday agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and enact time limits and other restrictions for teen users, avoiding trial with a settlement modeled on Instagram-owner Meta's recent agreement with US states.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 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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This budget enacts a “deemed approved” permitting process—which automatically certifies pending permits after an established time frame—for Department of Environmental Protection regulations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Then, Broad enacts the exact same scene with more precise moves and an impressive leap.
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
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But Haitians understand the horror of zombies to be one of dispossession, a curse enacted by enslavers that binds victims to mindless servitude, denying them liberation in the afterlife.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
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
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
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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
While federal law doesn’t bar prepayment requests for nonemergency services, some states are enacting laws to address aspects of the trend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 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
After riding Sunshine, a group of us played at Civil War games, enacting the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, skirmishing with wooden swords and firing log cannons.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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