How to Use enact in a Sentence

enact

verb

• The law was finally enacted today.
• Congress will enact legislation related to that issue.
• The false flag attack of Oct. 7 was enacted to steal the land of Gaza.
  — The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
• But part of the joy of playing with dolls is in enacting stories.
  — Madeleine Deliee, Parents, 1 Aug. 2023
• The job of Democrats is to win elections and enact Democratic policies.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 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
• 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
• 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 Comstock Act, enacted in 1873, bars the mailing of drugs that can be used to terminate pregnancies.
  — Pam Belluck, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
• Another calls for the department to enact a plan that allows for the safe placement of people due to be released.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024
• Biden, who signed a bipartisan gun-control bill last year, has urged more states to enact red-flag laws, which exist in about 20 states.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2023
• Now is the time for lawmakers to enact meaningful safeguards to protect our kids.
  — Teresa Huizar, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
• Iowa is the latest state to take aim at child labor protections, enacting one of the most significant roll backs to date.
  — Julia Malleck, Quartz, 4 July 2023
• In a statement Tuesday, Mayor Karen Bass thanked the board for enacting the policy.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023
• Amsterdam's city council approved a plan to move the cruise terminal out of the city, but changes have yet to be fully enacted.
  — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 July 2023
• Congress enacted the law after the Enron scandal more than 20 years ago.
  — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• The Legislature argued that no new maps should be enacted any sooner than the 2026 election.
  — CBS News, 22 Dec. 2023
• At least half of those states have enacted or passed measures pledging to switch to permanent daylight time if Congress changes the rules to allow for such an action.
  — Diba Mohtasham, NPR, 8 Mar. 2024
• With rare exception, beef is again safe to eat thanks to regulations enacted in multiple countries in the wake of the crisis.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 26 Jan. 2024
• The petition seeks to end the conservatorship and with that comes the matter of the financial gain the Tuohy family has garnered in the time since it was enacted.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2023
• Themes from rakugo are reflected in the framing narrative; characters from the series enact the tales as they’re told from stage.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
• Twenty-four states have enacted significant reform since 2017, so the movement is well on its way.
  — Courtney E. Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Feb. 2024
• Belgium enacted a law in 2022 that requires employers to offer full-time workers a right to request a four-day workweek.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2024
• Third, at least 47 states enacted laws providing for the licensing of some of these activities.
  — Robert J. Spitzer, Time, 6 June 2023
• The conservatives are willing to risk a government shutdown to win their goal of major spending cuts and historic changes in the way Congress enacts budgets.
  — Dave Goldiner New York Daily News (tns), al, 15 Sep. 2023
• The state enacted a law nearly a decade ago to regulate the pumping of groundwater after excessive pumping led some residents’ wells to run dry and the land to sink.
  — Amy Taxin, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2023
• Spending bills Congress has so far failed to enact any of the appropriations bills that fund the government, although this is not unusual.
  — Melissa Quinn, Kathryn Watson, Caroline Linton, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2023
• Lawmakers and the White House are concerned, but have not enacted any policy changes recently.
  — Ike Swetlitz, Fortune, 21 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024