ENACTED Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

enacted

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past tense of enact

as in passed

to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action Congress enacts all laws relating to foreign trade and immigration

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Recent Examples of enacted If the executive order is enacted and ultimately upheld by the courts, states would have to provide lists of eligible voters to the federal government, and any mail-in ballots would only be sent to people on those lists. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026 The problem is that those court orders conflict with guidelines enacted by conferences such as the SEC and Big Ten. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Monterey Park became the first city in the country in June to permanently ban data centers by a popular vote, and at least four other San Gabriel Valley cities have enacted moratoriums. — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 They were first enacted in 2021 during the Biden administration. — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 Following Miller’s and Young’s plea agreement, Missouri lawmakers were divided in their opinions on whether to change the sweeping stand-your-ground laws enacted in 2016. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 The monarch is also required to rubberstamp any acts of legislation or decisions approved by the Council of State before they can be countersigned by the prime minister and enacted. — James Frater, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 If enacted, the Clarity Act would expand the agency’s authority. — Cleve Mesidor, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Since Australia's law came into force, countries including Canada, Brazil and Indonesia have enacted bans too, while many other countries are studying or developing laws. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

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From the moment Billie learns about Sophie-Rose, the teenager who inherited her legendary fake ID after it was already passed down to multiple other Gen-Z blondes, she’s obsessed.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
That's a fraction of the roughly 130 vessels that passed through the vital waterway daily before the war began.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

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Johnson, the East Moline Democrat who spurned membership on the working group, noted it was constituted by lawmakers who had publicly spoken out in support of Welch in the fallout over his handling of the Benton scandal.

— Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
In 1970 people with tenure or tenure-track jobs constituted 73% of those teaching at colleges and universities.

— Paul Osterman, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026

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With the rapid growth of crypto asset derivatives, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, recently approved select platforms to offer perpetual futures products.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
The recent announcement also follows the prior freeze on base rates approved by the Georgia PSC in July 2025, as well as the plan approved in May 2026 to lower overall rates, as per the release.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026

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