as in decree
an order publicly issued by an authority
the school principal issued a fiat that caps were not to be worn inside the school, and that was that
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Recent Examples of fiat
Anthropic is suing the Defense Department and the relevant federal agencies to undo the fiats.
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Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
29 Apr. 2026
Plus, this digital fiat currency has the price certainty of a traditional bank account.
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Malana Vantyler,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
But this focus on reforming the judiciary, combined with the politics of the period, meant that comparatively little attention was paid to the other two branches of government—and, in particular, to the slide toward rule by presidential fiat.
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Gregg Nunziata,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
To my mind, going from one fiat to the other doesn't make sense — the true dollar diversifier is gold.
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Michael Considine,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2026
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Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
29 Apr. 2026
Plus, this digital fiat currency has the price certainty of a traditional bank account.
—
Malana Vantyler,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
But this focus on reforming the judiciary, combined with the politics of the period, meant that comparatively little attention was paid to the other two branches of government—and, in particular, to the slide toward rule by presidential fiat.
—
Gregg Nunziata,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
To my mind, going from one fiat to the other doesn't make sense — the true dollar diversifier is gold.
—
Michael Considine,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiat
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Abandoned during the Mexican period of California history, the mission was returned to the Catholic Church in 1862 via a decree from President Abraham Lincoln.
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Just over a year ago, a federal judge dismissed a possible federal consent decree with the department, leading to now-former police chief Brian O'Hara, Mayor Jacob Frey and leaders from the state human rights department to double down on a joint commitment to the local decree.
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Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse The highly agile Getty shooter Alan Crowhurst has done us a great favor by bringing concrete cloakroom evidence of the many social and administrative challenges that the (famous) Royal Ascot costume edicts require in order to be properly met.
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The memorandum includes a pledge by Iran to never purchase or construct nuclear weapons — a vow the Islamic Republic has made multiple times before, including by signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, in a religious edict issued by the late supreme leader and in the Obama-era nuclear accord.
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The ruling marks the latest legal blow to the requirement, which was part of an executive order Trump signed in March 2025.
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The court ruling means that the question will not be on the November ballot even though a Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll last week found that 66% of voters surveyed favored it.
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The attorneys general challenged several of its directives, including a provision that required state and local officials to collect proof of citizenship from vote-by-mail applicants.
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The order follows a request from Kennedy Center President and CEO Matt Floca to extend a June 17 directive that gave the center three days to detail any immediate plans related to construction and other long-term initiatives.
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“Fiat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiat. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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