LEGISLATED Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

legislated

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past tense of legislate

as in enacted

to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action wants the Congress to legislate new laws banning the use of these types of weapons

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Recent Examples of legislated One of them came close to being legislated out of existence by Congress. — Scott M. Curran, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 It was legislated to continue for at least three years, through 2027. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Whatever Early Warning concedes in New York will bind a network Congress never legislated on and the CFPB abandoned. — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 The latter is legislated by some other nations. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 June 2026 Although employer and consumer groups advocated for a benchmark payment rate to resolve surprise billing disputes between providers and insurers, Congress ultimately sided with providers and legislated an arbitration mandate. — James Gelfand, STAT, 20 Mar. 2026 The city has debated, legislated and litigated cameras in public space for decades. — Yunus Emre Tozal, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026 In May, New Zealand proposed a ban on under-16 social media accounts, which would follow a similar age verification process as Australia’s if legislated. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 Dec. 2025 But integration can’t be legislated from the top down alone. — Emeka Ajene, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025

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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

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