How to Use enactment in a Sentence

enactment

noun

• The strongest scene in the movie is the enactment, in flashback, of that fight.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Oct. 2023
• On the policy side, Wahl said the enactment this spring of the Sgt.
  — al, 4 Sep. 2022
• The change must be made within 18 months of the bill's enactment.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2022
• But enactment of civil rights laws didn’t mean the end of the fight.
  — Rodney Coates, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2024
• In my mind, the shoes and the coats are a masquerade, an enactment.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2022
• Meta and TikTok declined to comment on the enactment of the new law.
  — Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• The House is expected to vote on – and pass – a red flag bill in the next two weeks, leaving enactment up to the Senate.
  — Amy Nakamura, USA TODAY, 31 May 2022
• This has been the longest stretch of no-cost-growth since at least 1965 and the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid.
  — Ezekiel J. Emanuel, STAT, 21 Dec. 2023
• Give a listen here, but don't be shocked by the masterful Trumpy enactment.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2022
• Companies would have a year from the enactment of the legislation to comply with the new rules.
  — Keach Hagey, WSJ, 19 May 2022
• The bill also calls for a report on progress 15 months after enactment.
  — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2023
• Repaying the debt over 37 years would require enactment of a 2.8-mill tax.
  — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2022
• Higher revenues after enactment of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act?
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• The holiday is observed on the first Monday of the month, which has always been the case since the holiday’s enactment by the United States Congress in 1894.
  — Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2023
• While there are many steps that must take place between the agreement on a framework and the enactment of a law, this deal gives the lie to the notion that the power of the gun lobby can never be checked.
  — Kris Brown, CNN, 14 June 2022
• Whoa, the retort goes, the enactment of AI laws is more akin to making sure that there aren’t any unnecessary roadblocks ahead of the runner.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
• This year marks the 50th anniversary of Title IX’s enactment.
  — Angela Ruggiero, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2022
• The lawsuit and the enactment of the state’s new ban comes on the heels of two mass shootings in New York and Texas that claimed 31 lives and left the country reeling over holes in gun-control laws and the limits of laws on the books.
  — Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, 31 May 2022
• There are re-enactments that blur lines of fact and fiction in ways that are more distracting than enriching.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2023
• Durbin, who holds the post of Majority Whip, engineered the enactment of a measure that slashed debit-card fees a decade ago.
  — James Lardner, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2022
• Several quit the profession in response to the law’s enactment.
  — Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 12 May 2022
• The law’s enactment three months ago drew widespread condemnation and threats of sanctions.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 28 Aug. 2023
• The change is the result of a law passed in 2020, which indexed the motor fuels tax to inflation but delayed enactment on that provision for two years.
  — Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 30 June 2022
• The measure would grandfather in weapons lawfully possessed on the date of enactment.
  — Dallas News, 15 July 2022
• But since its enactment, the feedback from constituents has been rewarding.
  — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2022
• The enactment of the policies last month was the first significant update since a first version of the guidance was released in September.
  — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023
• The subsequent heating is likely the result of a shift away from aerosols, with the enactment of the federal Clean Air Act in 1970 and a deepening of greenhouse gas emissions.
  — Arjun Thakkar, Freep.com, 2 Sep. 2022
• Since the law’s enactment, police agencies in Dallas County have had a 93-95% compliance rate, Creuzot said.
  — Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2023
• The measure requires the Supreme Court to create a code of conduct within a year of enactment and designate an official to process complaints.
  — Riley Rogerson, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Apr. 2023
• Still, the margin was enough to propel that measure from a messaging bill bound to die in the Senate to a legislative vehicle with a chance — albeit a slim one — of enactment.
  — Annie Karni, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024