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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On June 4, the day after Tarrant County commissioners voted along party lines to enact the new map, a group of Latino and Black voters filed a lawsuit against the county, the Commissioners Court and County Judge Tim O’Hare.
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Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2025
Anti-immigration nationalist Geert Wilders won a shock election victory two years ago, but his party has struggled to enact policies or maintain a grip on government.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Orange County officials enacted an emergency moratorium on new large-scale battery storage facilities in February, following the Moss Landing fire, while county officials there work with fire departments to draft new local regulations.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Eighteen states have passed bills opting to adopt daylight saving time as the permanent standard time, but the laws can’t go into effect until the federal government enacts similar legislation.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2025
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Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2025
Anti-immigration nationalist Geert Wilders won a shock election victory two years ago, but his party has struggled to enact policies or maintain a grip on government.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Orange County officials enacted an emergency moratorium on new large-scale battery storage facilities in February, following the Moss Landing fire, while county officials there work with fire departments to draft new local regulations.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Eighteen states have passed bills opting to adopt daylight saving time as the permanent standard time, but the laws can’t go into effect until the federal government enacts similar legislation.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Enact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enact. Accessed 31 Oct. 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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