enacted; enacting; enacts
1
: to establish by legal and authoritative act
specifically
: to make into law
enact a bill
2
: act out
enact a role
Examples of enact in a Sentence
Congress will enact legislation related to that issue.
The law was finally enacted today.
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The first payments from Canada's digital services tax, which was enacted last year and applies retroactively to 2022, were initially set to be collected Monday.
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 30 June 2025
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was not especially well loved when it was enacted at the end of that year.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
The Commerce Clause provides Congress with the authority to regulate interstate commerce and, as it has been interpreted by courts, prohibits states from enacting economic laws that unduly burden other states’ economies.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 June 2025
Another bill that would have authorized Gov. Ned Lamont to enact a bear hunt in Connecticut based on a future recommendation from DEEP also died on the Senate calendar earlier this month.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2025
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 30 June 2025
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was not especially well loved when it was enacted at the end of that year.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
The Commerce Clause provides Congress with the authority to regulate interstate commerce and, as it has been interpreted by courts, prohibits states from enacting economic laws that unduly burden other states’ economies.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 June 2025
Another bill that would have authorized Gov. Ned Lamont to enact a bear hunt in Connecticut based on a future recommendation from DEEP also died on the Senate calendar earlier this month.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2025
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“Enact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enact. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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enact
transitive verb
en·act
i-ˈnakt 
: to establish by legal and authoritative act : make into law
enact a bill
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