How to Use into force in a Sentence

into force

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Definition of into forcenext
  • Houston has sued the state of Texas over the bill, which is due to come into force on Sept. 1.
    — Julia Malleck, Quartz, 13 July 2023
  • One of the only major updates to the law came into force in June 2020.
    — Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The rules are expected to enter into force in two years.
    — Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2023
  • In 2013, Kraków passed its milestone coal and wood ban, which came into force six years later.
    — Isabelle De Pommereau, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2024
  • The final rule would require the ban on imports to begin as soon as the measure comes into force.
    — Coral Davenport, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The bill, one of the harshest of its kind in Africa, still needs presidential assent to come into force.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The aim of the global treaty, which entered into force in 2004, is to protect people around the world from the most toxic of these pollutants.
    — Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 6 July 2023
  • The rules come into force in a few years’ time, and will of course affect companies around the world who sell their connected products in the EU.
    — Bykylie Robison, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2023
  • If the law enters into force, foreigners would need to sign a consent form to enter the country.
    — Ann M. Simmons, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Land and sea crossings dropped across the U.S. southern border after the program went into force.
    — Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 11 June 2024
  • The revisions are open to public discussion and will come into force on Sept. 2.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 2 Aug. 2023
  • It is expected a final version will be voted in June and would come into force next year.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2023
  • It is expected a final version will be voted in June and would come into force next year.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Strikes are uncommon because once a labor agreement comes into force, the union cannot call one.
    — Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2023
  • At nights, streets are empty after the midnight curfew comes into force.
    — Hanna Arhirova and Jae C. Hong The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The rule is not expected to come into force until next year, an official said.
    — Ben Gittleson, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Tuesday's order will come into force on Wednesday and will be valid until the end of February.
    — Fox News, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Nepal’s Tourism Board announced its decision earlier this month, and the ban will enter into force on April 1.
    — Sangam Prasai, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The code will come into force on July 31 with the IPO set to carry out a first review of its implementation early next year.
    — Richard Smirke, Billboard, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters The ban will come into force at the end of August, when the city's scooter operators' contracts expire.
    — CNN, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The law will come into force once it is formally adopted by the European Council, a step expected to take place in the coming days.
    — NBC News, 3 Mar. 2022
  • That has included a ban on all Russian seaborne crude oil imports, which came into force in December.
    — Anna Cooban, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
  • If passed, the government will determine when different provisions of the Act come into force, which may be done in stages.
    — Andrey Sergeenkov, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Current proposals to restrict the availability of Chinese cars and parts are set to come into force for the 2027 model years.
    — Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Those numbers will only increase as the agreement comes fully into force.
    — Robert E. Lighthizer, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The country secured a partial exemption from the EU ban, which should support inflows now that the embargo has come into force.
    — Julian Lee, Bloomberg.com, 13 Feb. 2023
  • That process will begin on Wednesday night and must be completed by January if the law is to come into force before E.U. elections next year.
    — Anna Gordon, Time, 14 June 2023
  • Laptops are being granted a longer deadline to comply with the EU's new rules, and will need to be adapted to meet the requirements within 40 months of them coming into force.
    — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 7 June 2022
  • The pact is expected to come into force this year, despite opposition from Rome’s right-wing allies in Poland and Hungary.
    — Crispian Balmer and Angelo Amante, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Ever since coastal erosion became a phrase and local legislation came into force in 2001, building a residence so proximate to the water has been forbidden.
    — Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024

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