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Some states and local governments have legislated to make wearing face coverings in public places compulsory, and some stores have introduced their own policies requiring shoppers to wear masks.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2020

Labour went on to promise: "We will not introduce 'top-up' fees and have legislated to prevent them."

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2014

It would have legislated what food was and also what it wasn’t.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2012

For nearly four decades, governments of all political hues have legislated to give women equal rights at work — and men equal rights at home.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2010

For in all states and by all legislators whatsoever, two kinds of actions have been distinguished—the one, voluntary, the other, involuntary; and they have legislated about them accordingly.

From Laws by Jowett, Benjamin