executive order

noun

: regulation sense 2b

Examples of executive order in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The bill would prevent efforts like Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in ballots to voters who can prove citizenship. —Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026

Last week, the president signed a second AI executive order that asks technology companies to voluntarily provide federal government officials access to new AI models for a 30-day review period before releasing the models to the public. —John R. Dearie, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026

Trump also signed an executive order threatening tariffs on Cuba’s other oil suppliers. —Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026

Because emancipation, remember, had been an executive order. —David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for executive order

• boarder
• border
• corder
• warder
• camcorder
• disorder
• recorder
• reorder
• suborder
• transborder

Legal Definition

executive order

noun

: an order issued by a government's executive on the basis of authority specifically granted to the executive branch (as by the U.S. Constitution or a congressional act)

the National Security Agency was created by an executive order

compare proclamation, statute

Note: An executive order from the president does not have the force of law until it is printed in the Federal Register.