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.
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One of the underlying actuarial assumptions of Social Security when it was enacted, apparently, was that the government wouldn’t be paying a whole lot of money to a whole lot of retirees.
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Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Illinois, California and Minnesota have enacted laws protecting the earnings of young creators, and Minnesota's law includes a similar provision to Utah's that allows content featuring minors to be taken down.
—CBS News, 26 Mar. 2025
What To Know In enacting the decree, Oryol has become the first region in the country to offer payment to schoolgirls who become pregnant, according to the Moscow Times.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
Three amendments prohibit animal abuse, mandate that schools include animal welfare in their curricula, and direct the federal government to enact a broad welfare law.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2025
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Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Illinois, California and Minnesota have enacted laws protecting the earnings of young creators, and Minnesota's law includes a similar provision to Utah's that allows content featuring minors to be taken down.
—CBS News, 26 Mar. 2025
What To Know In enacting the decree, Oryol has become the first region in the country to offer payment to schoolgirls who become pregnant, according to the Moscow Times.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
Three amendments prohibit animal abuse, mandate that schools include animal welfare in their curricula, and direct the federal government to enact a broad welfare law.
—Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for enact
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“Enact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enact. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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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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