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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
Stand on My Shoulders enacts resistance through relationality—its title gesturing toward Galanin’s father, its collaborations insisting on collective voice.
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Petala Ironcloud, Pitchfork, 20 Jan. 2026
The local law enacts a five-year moratorium on non-municipal detention centers.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2026
The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, which will expand milk options for nearly 30 million children who eat school meals, enacts a longstanding priority of the dairy industry dating back to the administration of former President Barack Obama.
—Reuters
wire Service, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
Perhaps another question is how English enacts its censorship modes on its literary practitioners.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
States also face decisions on tax cuts The federal law temporarily halts federal income taxes on tips and overtime pay, provides new tax deductions for seniors and some people with auto loans, and enacts numerous new corporate tax breaks.
—David A. Lieb, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
In a time where AI country singers are making the charts and vocal deepfakes run rampant, the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act enacts protections for artists against unauthorized uses of their voice and likeness in deepfakes and digital replicas.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Dec. 2025
Whatever violence the major enacts against these POWs will stain his soul, but refusing to follow his own orders will doom him.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Ndinengo re-enacts the scene of Nkwemba’s death, outside a tiny mud-brick home, where USAID food sacks sit, their contents half-eaten on the wall.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
Petala Ironcloud, Pitchfork, 20 Jan. 2026
The local law enacts a five-year moratorium on non-municipal detention centers.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2026
The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, which will expand milk options for nearly 30 million children who eat school meals, enacts a longstanding priority of the dairy industry dating back to the administration of former President Barack Obama.
—Reuters
wire Service, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
Perhaps another question is how English enacts its censorship modes on its literary practitioners.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
States also face decisions on tax cuts The federal law temporarily halts federal income taxes on tips and overtime pay, provides new tax deductions for seniors and some people with auto loans, and enacts numerous new corporate tax breaks.
—David A. Lieb, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
In a time where AI country singers are making the charts and vocal deepfakes run rampant, the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act enacts protections for artists against unauthorized uses of their voice and likeness in deepfakes and digital replicas.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Dec. 2025
Whatever violence the major enacts against these POWs will stain his soul, but refusing to follow his own orders will doom him.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Ndinengo re-enacts the scene of Nkwemba’s death, outside a tiny mud-brick home, where USAID food sacks sit, their contents half-eaten on the wall.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enacts
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My Grandmother's Go-To Seasoning Now, every family tends to have a seasoning that gets used the most, and it often can be traced back to the relative who passes down recipes and makes the meanest pimiento cheese in town.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
1 Feb. 2026
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And as time passes, manufacturer incentives fade away.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
1 Feb. 2026
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The rise of widely available artificial intelligence (AI) tools constitutes a quieter but no less profound education revolution.—
Jonah Davids,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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What constitutes a conflict of interest?—
Andi Babineau,
CNN Money,
2 Feb. 2026
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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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The shutdown could be short-lived and have few tangible effects if the House swiftly approves a funding deal that was passed by the Senate on Friday.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 Jan. 2026
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The appointment, if the Senate approves, amounts to a return trip for Warsh, 55, who was a member of the Fed’s board from 2006 to 2011.—
Christopher Rugaber,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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While reading develops cognitive agency by building a path through ideas, video dictates its own.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The bill, which advanced from the Assembly Appropriations Committee on Thursday, would exempt Proposition 4 funding from review under the Administrative Procedure Act, which dictates how state agencies follow rules and regulations and can cause lengthy delays in implementing programs.—
Nadia Lathan,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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