LEGISLATED Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

legislated

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past tense of legislate

as in enacted

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 legislated Those ideas can’t be legislated into existence, yet institutions, social movements, customs, and habits can shape them over time. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 Pappas has largely legislated as a moderate and is a member of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2026 One of them came close to being legislated out of existence by Congress. — Scott M. Curran, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 It was legislated to continue for at least three years, through 2027. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Whatever Early Warning concedes in New York will bind a network Congress never legislated on and the CFPB abandoned. — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 The latter is legislated by some other nations. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 June 2026 Although employer and consumer groups advocated for a benchmark payment rate to resolve surprise billing disputes between providers and insurers, Congress ultimately sided with providers and legislated an arbitration mandate. — James Gelfand, STAT, 20 Mar. 2026 The city has debated, legislated and litigated cameras in public space for decades. — Yunus Emre Tozal, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026

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But Marxists who dreamed of a workers’ republic could not compete with the reformers in Congress who enacted such measures as a progressive income tax, antitrust legislation, and a ban on child labor.

— Michael Kazin, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
Cuba has enacted a raft of economic reforms aimed at opening up the private sector, but Cuba's leaders have said not to expect political reform.

— Matt Gutman, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

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