ENACTING Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

enacting

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present participle of enact

as in passing

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 enacting Universities started enacting trainings about consent and bystander intervention. — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026 Now, communities are left scrambling to cut budgets and find new sources of revenues, such as enacting a local income tax. — Jim Masters, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026 In 2025, all 50 states saw proposals related to AI introduced, with 38 states enacting some sort of regulation, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. — Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Consider enacting wind barriers to protect your lavender if they’re planted in a spot that will likely experience harsh winds. — Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 14 Sep. 2026 Tomlin, Fonda and Parton played a trio of secretaries who took revenge on their sexist boss by kidnapping him and enacting changes in the workplace in his name. — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The appeal came less than 24 hours after Talwani issued a 14-day temporary restraining order blocking parts of USPS’s new rule enacting new guardrails on mail-in voting in the name of election security. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026 Countries like Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, and South Korea are rapidly enacting stablecoin legislation, driven by government mandates to leverage these digital assets for local currency benefits and cost efficiencies. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 In addition to managing facilities, his other priorities include enacting policies or resources to ensure students are successful beyond graduation and focusing on student mental health and well-being. — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 Aug. 2026

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Upon passing through a deep portico entryway abutting an attached two-car garage, a vaulted reception gallery sits beneath a prominent glass atrium.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2026
In an Austin school district where buses are equipped with cameras, Waymos were recorded illegally passing them more than twenty times in the past school year—a problem that persisted even after the company tried to fix it.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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The Danish Dogma25 projects are financed in a collaboration between Zentropa, DR, and Nordisk Film Distribution, with the addition of Netflix in the Nordics, constituting the core financing necessary to realize all five projects.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
In the new report to Congress, the figure for munitions was by far the largest, constituting well over half of all costs.

— Ben Finley, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026

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Critics claim that members are either uninterested in doing their job or more focused on showboating and gaining social media impressions than legislating.

— Scott Warren, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
Like prediction markets, their power lay as much in predication as prediction, in legislating what can be asked, priced, and made real—or made valuable as art assets.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of legislating

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Bristol is the latest community to join a growing list of towns and cities across the state approving the use of new red-light cameras, officials said.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Humans also remain responsible for context-dependent decisions such as data classification, access policies, archiving and approving higher-risk system changes.

— Paul Speciale, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of approving

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Dogma25 is an initiative of recent Venice Golden Lion winner May el-Toukhy (Woman Unknown), who will be one of the five directors making films under its rules alongside directors Milad Alami, Annika Berg, Eklöf and Just.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
By the time Lee’s moved on to thanking his dad for not believing him, thereby giving him something to prove, an embarrassed Frances is making a quick run for the exit.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026

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