as in passes
to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action
Congress enacts all laws relating to foreign trade and immigration
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Recent Examples of enacts
Ibsen’s title character is a spoiled, headstrong young woman who, newly and unhappily married to a dull scholar, enacts a Machiavellian scheme to advance his career and her social standing, with catastrophic results.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
However, the laws can’t go into effect until the federal government enacts similar legislation, and both the 2025 versions of the bill fizzled out in a congressional committee.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
Commissioners’ closest vote involved the portion of the budget legislation that enacts a less than 1% increase in household trash fees.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
The rule also increases the maximum annual cost-sharing limitation and enacts stricter income-verification measures.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 2 July 2025
Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
However, the laws can’t go into effect until the federal government enacts similar legislation, and both the 2025 versions of the bill fizzled out in a congressional committee.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
Commissioners’ closest vote involved the portion of the budget legislation that enacts a less than 1% increase in household trash fees.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
The rule also increases the maximum annual cost-sharing limitation and enacts stricter income-verification measures.
—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 2 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enacts
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If diplomatic assurances succeed in inducing mutual restraint, and 2027 passes without incident, then a new stability in the western Pacific could take hold, anchoring the security and prosperity of a vital and dynamic region.—
STEPHEN WERTHEIM,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Oct. 2025
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But if the referendum passes, the charter change would apply to land valued over $500,000 regardless of size.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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Impact Aid constitutes about 40% of the district’s annual budget and helps pay for curriculum, teacher salaries and other student resources.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Still, with nearly 800 available to watch on demand, Tubi’s collection constitutes one of the largest publicly available releases of Looney Tunes in any format.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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Cannon-Brookes is urging Australia to show more ambition on climate action, even as the new government legislates plans to strengthen the country’s carbon emissions cuts.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Even if the city approves of the plan, its economic feasibility will still have to be considered to pass the LAFCO review process, Henríquez said.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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His administration has yet to submit plans for the ballroom to the National Capital Planning Commission, the agency that approves and monitors construction on federal buildings.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Royal styling dictates that former wives of peers can keep their courtesy title by placing their first name before it.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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When that happens, state law dictates that the commissioner must either close the campus or take over the district.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Enacts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enacts. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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