enacted; enacting; enacts
1
: to establish by legal and authoritative act
specifically
: to make into law
enact a bill
2
: act out
enact a role
Examples of enact in a Sentence
Congress will enact legislation related to that issue.
The law was finally enacted today.
Recent Examples on the Web
In 2010, congress enacted a law allowing visitors to bring loaded guns into National Park System sites if the state in which the park is located permits weapons.
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Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 8 July 2024
During an average year, the agencies promulgate 30 times as many legislative rules as Congress enacts.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2024
In response to this power imbalance, activists and writers like Upton Sinclair pressured the government to enact various reforms, including labor rights.
—Sam Delgado, Vox, 5 July 2024
Labour gained two hundred and fourteen seats, for a total of four hundred and twelve, a staggering number that will give the Party broad powers to enact policy change.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 5 July 2024
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Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 8 July 2024
During an average year, the agencies promulgate 30 times as many legislative rules as Congress enacts.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2024
In response to this power imbalance, activists and writers like Upton Sinclair pressured the government to enact various reforms, including labor rights.
—Sam Delgado, Vox, 5 July 2024
Labour gained two hundred and fourteen seats, for a total of four hundred and twelve, a staggering number that will give the Party broad powers to enact policy change.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 5 July 2024
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“Enact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enact. Accessed 12 Jul. 2024.
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enact
transitive verb
en·act
i-ˈnakt 
: to establish by legal and authoritative act : make into law
enact a bill
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