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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After Nixon was named a first-team All-Pro for his kick-return prowess in both 2022 and 2023, the NFL enacted a rule change that moved touchbacks from the 25-yard line to the 30 for the 2024 season.
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Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Market conditioned to rally We’ve been conditioned, since 1987, to expect market panics and crashes to be relatively short-lived and reversed by policy actions enacted by both the federal government and the Federal Reserve.
—Ron Insana, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
But these efforts would be fruitless unless states enacted legislation exempting sports betting from their anti-gambling laws.
—Martin Edel, Sportico.com, 7 Apr. 2025
On April 2, 2025, Donald Trump enacted tariff levels that guaranteed American consumers and companies would pay higher prices for many products and the intermediate goods used to make products.
—Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Market conditioned to rally We’ve been conditioned, since 1987, to expect market panics and crashes to be relatively short-lived and reversed by policy actions enacted by both the federal government and the Federal Reserve.
—Ron Insana, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
But these efforts would be fruitless unless states enacted legislation exempting sports betting from their anti-gambling laws.
—Martin Edel, Sportico.com, 7 Apr. 2025
On April 2, 2025, Donald Trump enacted tariff levels that guaranteed American consumers and companies would pay higher prices for many products and the intermediate goods used to make products.
—Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Enact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enact. Accessed 13 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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