enact
verb (used with object)
to make into an act or statute.
is enacting
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present progressiveof enact (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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CBS News head Bari Weiss, whom Ellison brought on when he bought her company Free Press, last year, has been under fire for changes she is enacting at the news organization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
“Nobody is enacting these taxes because they don’t like rich people,” he adds.
From Barron's ● Mar. 21, 2026
Actually, Stones is enacting a performance of his own by trying to contain his flatulence — or at least pass wind discreetly and out of any of these sound specialists' earshot.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2022
The cameraphone is enacting the profoundest change to our experience of art in a century — and yet we still talk about photography with language as old as the Kodak Colorsnap.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2019
While he is now paying court to the Countess Selina, a touching scene is enacting in another part of the garden.
From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Ossip Schubin
