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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WRDAs provide Congress the opportunity every two years to authorize Corps projects, and Congress has enacted all WRDAs since 2014, with the WRDA 2024 bill being signed into law on January 4, 2025.
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Lyanne Wang,
CBS News,
2 July 2026
Inflation is rising in the aftermath of the Iran war, having already gotten a boost from tariffs enacted last year, even as wage growth continues a longer-term moderation.
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2 July 2026
Others, including Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, point to a budget disaster roughly a decade ago in Kansas, in which legislators enacted a series of tax cuts that were eventually rolled back.
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Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
2 July 2026
Unlike tax laws enacted by Congress, these compliance programs exist solely because the IRS created them administratively.
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Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
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Lyanne Wang,
CBS News,
2 July 2026
Inflation is rising in the aftermath of the Iran war, having already gotten a boost from tariffs enacted last year, even as wage growth continues a longer-term moderation.
—
Dan Mangan,luke Fountain,kevin Breuninger,garrett Downs,ashley Capoot,justin Papp,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
Others, including Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, point to a budget disaster roughly a decade ago in Kansas, in which legislators enacted a series of tax cuts that were eventually rolled back.
—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
2 July 2026
Unlike tax laws enacted by Congress, these compliance programs exist solely because the IRS created them administratively.
—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
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“Enact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enact. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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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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