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enacts

verb

present tense third-person singular of enact

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 The legislation enacts new work requirements and greater vetting for Medicaid, the low-income program that thousands of Alaskans depend on for healthcare. — Matthew Choi The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026 The rest of the network enacts the decision, as other genes are activated or suppressed farther downstream, but isn’t active in it. — Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026 Trump quickly enacts a temporary 10% global levy using a different law. — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2026 Undaunted, Demczur used his squeegee blade to carve a hole in the plaster so the men could kick through the wall to escape—a process Demczur re-enacts for the series. — ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026 The leader who takes bodyful ownership of their life and enacts disciplined practices to sense its rhythms will not only enjoy greater harmony and wellbeing but bring greater coherence to their work and to their world. — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 On just one unchanging set, an old-time concert hall designed by Rachel Hauck and made appropriately ominous, a tiny ensemble enacts a whole Greek tragedy of love and sacrifice that goes from the land of the living to the underworld and back. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 22 July 2026 He gets framed by Foster’s kingpin and then enacts a revenge campaign. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 21 July 2026 Students, parents and community activists are hoping the board enacts the policy before the first day of school in August. — Emily McLeod, CBS News, 14 July 2026

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The Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actor Ayo Edebiri passes both tests.

— Bianca Betancourt, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
No other quarterback this season has more than four TD passes without a turnover with backups Drew Lock and Marcus Mariota pulling that off.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

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An authoritarian government does that arithmetic out loud and legislates against the projection.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Through the years, Dargan was involved in high-profile issues in the legislature because the public safety committee legislates guns and gambling.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026

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Though, of course, because Larry is Larry (and therefore governed by a peculiar physics that dictates that every step forward be followed by two in reverse), his year at SNL would prove to be far from a rosy adventure.

— Blake J. Harris, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
Your appearance dictates much of how people treat and respond to you.

— Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026

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