How to Use enact in a Sentence

enact

verb

• The law was finally enacted today.
• Congress will enact legislation related to that issue.
• Lee signed the legislation this year, making Tennessee the first state to enact protections for singers.
  — Bret Baier, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2024
• Amendment Bill that was first introduced in June and will now enact changes to the distribution of tobacco in the country.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2022
• Rather than re-enact the scene or re-create the sequence,Schrader shows a slow montage of hotel hallways as Braier’s camera looms slowly through them.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Dec. 2022
• Cook said Tuesday his veto was largely based on the legal questions surrounding whether Westfield could enact term limits.
  — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2022
• But an even better solution would be to promote and enact policies granting workers larger ownership stakes in companies like Hertz.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 10 Dec. 2022
• The only health policy that Congress could enact in 2023 will permit telemedicine in government programs.
  — Bryan Roberts, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2022
• Is Trump disciplined enough to devise and enact a plan to use the military against constitutional authority?
  — Kori Schake, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2024
• Had the jury found Weinstein guilty of the aggravating factors, a new California law would have then allowed the judge to enact a harsher sentence.
  — Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 20 Dec. 2022
• Last month, New York became the first US state to enact a right-to-repair law.
  — Brian Fung, CNN, 9 Jan. 2023
• But part of the joy of playing with dolls is in enacting stories.
  — Madeleine Deliee, Parents, 1 Aug. 2023
• However, these states still need the OK from Congress to enact the change.
  — Jennifer Sangalang, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2023
• The job of Democrats is to win elections and enact Democratic policies.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2023
• More than a dozen states have now enacted school phone restrictions in the U.S.
  — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2024
• Parts of the overhaul could be enacted as early as this week.
  — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2023
• Montana has become the first state in the nation to enact a total ban on TikTok.
  — Tanay Howard, Parents, 10 July 2023
• While more than 10 states have enacted laws over bathroom use, Missouri is not one of them.
  — Heather Hollingsworth, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
• Register to vote This is the simplest (and free) way to help enact change in our society.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 27 Mar. 2023
• Others used the speaker election as leverage to enact sweeping changes to the way the House functions.
  — Luke Broadwater, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2023
• About half of those states enacted these protections since the fall of Roe, according to a KFF.
  — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 23 May 2024
• Officials at some state fairs have enacted stricter rules to keep the virus from spreading.
  — Brittney Melton, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
• Pending bills in the House and Senate would increase the penalty to nearly 10 times that amount if enacted.
  — Betsy Wood, The Conversation, 26 June 2023
• The 2024 state legislative season may see at least a dozen states enact reforms.
  — Stanley Goldfarb, National Review, 21 Nov. 2023
• The measure was passed last year by the D.C. Council, which overrode a mayoral veto to try to enact it into law.
  — Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
• Tom Alter was the first to direct and enact Wajahat’s [e-mail].
  — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
• If a judge rules in their favor, abortions would be allowed in order to preserve the health of the mother, based on a law enacted in 1985.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2023
• It must be approved by the full City Council at a later date before it is enacted.
  — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023
• Lawmakers did not enact an income tax until the Civil War, to pay for the Union war effort.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 Sep. 2023
• The judge ruled that the ordinance had not been properly enacted.
  — Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024