How to Use enact in a Sentence

enact

verb

• The law was finally enacted today.
• Congress will enact legislation related to that issue.
• Miami Beach was one of the first cities to enact a smoking ban at the beach and in city parks.
  — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 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
• The city plans to kick off focus group meetings before the end of the year and enact the program by the end of next year, Curth said.
  — Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2022
• The effort to draft and enact such laws is a gradual one.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
• 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
• Warnock is pro-choice and campaigned on the belief that the United States can overcome its racist roots and enact social change.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 7 Dec. 2022
• 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
• 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
• But actors are playing roles; pop stars are enacting ways to play themselves for public consumption.
  — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
• Depending on the specific proposals the Trump administration manages to enact, the Fed could hold off on any additional cuts until March or even later.
  — Cora Lewis, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Jan 2025