had enforced
- past perfect of enforce.
Example Sentences
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Another key DOJ office, the Civil Rights Division’s voting section, had enforced federal laws that protect voting rights, particularly those that combat racial discrimination.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2026
According to a survey of 6,283 teachers carried out by Teacher Tapp last month, 1% of them in the East of England said their own school had enforced silent corridor rules.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2025
Mauritius had enforced a curfew until noon Tuesday, with everyone ordered to remain at home except emergency workers, some hospital workers and security forces.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
A second provision prohibited the state from hiring former federal employees who had enforced such laws or given “material aid and support” to efforts to enforce them.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
This principle which the East India Company had enforced for its own aggrandisement in the absence of natural male heirs, the Queen in 1858 deliberately renounced for ever.
From The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India by Hunter, William Wilson
