as in to enact
to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action
wants the Congress to legislate new laws banning the use of these types of weapons
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Recent Examples of legislate
State apartment and Realtors associations have come out against the bill along with the National Rental Home Council, which argued the measure was seeking to legislate an issue that wasn’t borne out in actual statistics.
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Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
That means taking a commonsense business approach to legislating rules to govern NIL.
—Eddie Edwards Jr, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2026
Congress, sensing leverage or electoral opportunity, could legislate controls that no summit can unwind.
—Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025
House Republicans recently tried to include a provision in the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act asserting that only the federal government could legislate AI; the effort faced backlash and the language was eventually removed.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 12 Dec. 2025
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Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
That means taking a commonsense business approach to legislating rules to govern NIL.
—Eddie Edwards Jr, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2026
Congress, sensing leverage or electoral opportunity, could legislate controls that no summit can unwind.
—Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025
House Republicans recently tried to include a provision in the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act asserting that only the federal government could legislate AI; the effort faced backlash and the language was eventually removed.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 12 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislate
enact
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The House passed a bipartisan housing bill that would enact new policies to boost housing supply and ease the affordability crisis plaguing the nation.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
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It was initially enacted in Germany and Austria and then spread to 11 other countries.—
Jordan Green,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Legislate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislate. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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