legislate
verb (used without object)
to exercise the function of legislation; make or enact laws.
legislated
Example Sentences
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It was legislated to continue for at least three years, through 2027.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
It’s Canada’s flag carrier, a formerly state-owned company that was privatized on the legislated condition that it remain fully bilingual and have its head office in Montreal, in largely French-speaking Quebec.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
The White House’s plan “may represent a policy opening” that “could evolve into a legislated, progressive, and secure universal system,” said Wealth Equity Lab’s Ghilarducci in the statement.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
The government has legislated that health insurers must make money.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 28, 2026
The rules of standard English are not legislated by a tribunal of lexicographers but emerge as an implicit consensus within a virtual community of writers, readers, and editors.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
