How to Use enactment in a Sentence

enactment

noun
  • The enactment of this law is a big deal on both sides of the aisle.
    — Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, 2 July 2021
  • But enactment of civil rights laws didn’t mean the end of the fight.
    — Rodney Coates, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Most of the actors had trained for months to be a part of the re-enactment.
    — Azam Ahmed, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2020
  • At one point, there is even the enactment of a car that the two are sitting in.
    — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The two plans would have the state draw on its rainy day funds until the tax's enactment.
    — Tim Gruver, Washington Examiner, 29 Mar. 2021
  • In my mind, the shoes and the coats are a masquerade, an enactment.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2022
  • My plan was all an act, or more, an enactment of an act that would never be performed.
    — Chang-Rae Lee, New Yorker, 3 May 2026
  • The change must be made within 18 months of the bill's enactment.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The town wants to use it as part of Civil War re-enactment events.
    — Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, 12 Aug. 2017
  • The changes apply for stock issued after the date of the tax law’s enactment.
    — Bruce Brumberg, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • From the enactment of that provision to today, dozens of them have closed.
    — Jimmy Quinn, National Review, 23 Aug. 2020
  • The enactment of martial law was the first such instance in more than 40 years.
    — Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Dec. 2024
  • So what was the pre-enactment that took over East 16th Street?
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 14 Oct. 2017
  • But the state enactments of year-round daylight time are meaningless — for now, at least.
    — Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2019
  • But that would change with enactment of the bill that passed the House by voice vote on Monday.
    — Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The enactment of the law was in response to two Supreme Court cases.
    — Jessica Hill, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2020
  • On the policy side, Wahl said the enactment this spring of the Sgt.
    — al, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Give a listen here, but don't be shocked by the masterful Trumpy enactment.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The bill also calls for a report on progress 15 months after enactment.
    — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2023
  • After many years of failing even to make it out of committee, the bill came within a whisker of enactment last year.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Jan. 2021
  • Bear in mind that some of the proposals used the date of enactment as the effective date for the new harsh rules proposed.
    — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Meta and TikTok declined to comment on the enactment of the new law.
    — Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • That way your less likely to have your own re-enactment of the Blazing Saddles melee.
    — Steve Wilson, star-telegram.com, 11 May 2017
  • Companies would have a year from the enactment of the legislation to comply with the new rules.
    — Keach Hagey, WSJ, 19 May 2022
  • But the conflicts that had stalled their enactment remain unresolved.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The park will present a re-enactment of Granger’s speech at the Ryon Prairie Home.
    — Houston Chronicle, 28 May 2018
  • But since the 1986 law's enactment, the task force has never produced a report.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2025
  • Hernandez predicted enactment of a credit this year would be a godsend for many.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Downs said the university had already done so for at least one semester prior to the enactment of the law.
    — Nathan Ansell, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2025
  • There have been many modifications to the Brown Act in the decades since its enactment.
    — John Myers, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2022

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