enforce
verb (used with object)
to put or keep in force; compel obedience to.
enforced
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past participleof enforce.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof enforce.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
enforceverb (used with object)to put or keep in force; compel obedience to.
Example Sentences
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Since taking charge in May, Mundhe has overseen thousands of inspections and says food safety laws must be enforced regardless of a business's size, influence or reputation.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The local suppression of abolitionist mail persisted throughout the antebellum era during the administrations of Jackson’s eight successors, none of whom enforced the federal statute prohibiting detention of the mail.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
More than half a dozen countries, including France, the United Kingdom and Brazil, have either enforced laws that ban social media or taken steps to restrict the use of Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
But with an enforced break through injury and then lower minutes at the World Cup, he could be about to produce the regular scintillating performances we have become used to.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Now that he was at Chapel Hill High School, with an enforced Zero Tolerance Policy toward bullying, he couldn’t add the -Bag.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
