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To enact

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To establish by legal and authorities act

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A boon

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A thing that is helpful or beneficial

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To mitigate

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To cause to become less harsh/ hostile

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Compromise

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An agreement or settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions. / settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.

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To enshrine

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Preserve (a right, traditio or idea) in a form that ensures it will be protected and respected

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Manifest

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To show something clearly, through signs or actions

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Putting a cap on

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To establish clear upper limit for something

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Repercussions

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The effect that an action, event, or decision has on something, especially a bad effect

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Codify

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To arrange laws, rules or regulations into a systematic code

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A tougher stance

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A particular way of standing/ a way of thinking about something. Your stance on a particular matter is your attitude.

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To underpin policies

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To give support, strength, or basic structure to something.

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References

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About or concerning something or someone

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Being “compelled”

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To feel required (to do something)

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Exponentially

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In a way that becomes quicker and quicker as something that increases becomes larger

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Leapfrogged/out spaced

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To improve your position by going past other people quickly or by missing out some stages

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Incompatibility

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Of 2 things) so different in nature as to be incapable of coexisting./ the fact that 2 things are so different that they can’t both happen, be correct or be accepted at the same time.

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Viable

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Capable of working, functioning, or developing adequately

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Scattershot

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Doing something to a lot of things or people in disorganized way, rather than focusing on particular things or people.

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Prescriptive

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Giving exact rules, directions, or instructions about how you should do something.

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An immense bearing

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To affect or influence a decision a lot (usually negative)