Thesaurus results for FIAT

fiat

noun

ˈfē-ət

Definition of fiat

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 Baldwin’s position was that the centrality of slavery and racial subjugation in American history could not simply be reversed by legislative fiat. — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 22 June 2026 Bitcoin is by far the largest crypto token by market capitalization, and its proponents frequently tout it as a form of digital gold that can serve as a hedge against inflation-prone fiat currencies. — Jack Kubinec, Fortune, 26 May 2026 Anthropic is suing the Defense Department and the relevant federal agencies to undo the fiats. — 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 See All Example Sentences for fiat

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Noun

The second decree was intended to make residential leases automatically renewable by tenants.

— JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
The center-right Basque party and the tiny Coalición Canaria, whose support the government also needed, also voted against the second decree after backing the first one.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of decree

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The edict is to transform the operating model when the market fundamentally shifts so the company can thrive in a changing environment.

— Erik Clarke, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
The film by and large follows the edicts of Iranian neorealism, with unobtrusive observations and a naturalistic soundscape.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of edict

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Both residents and politicians fear the court ruling would tarnish Kosovo's independence struggle.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
As the only Supreme Court case to date involving censorship in school libraries, Pico, while a limited ruling, did set out general guidelines still used today.

— Susan Farrell, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of ruling

Noun

On the heels of that directive, the bureau issued new guidance that prohibited staff from granting requests for clothing accommodations for those inmates and barred the use of federal dollars for medical interventions.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Some have done so, the prosecutor explained, by slow-walking directives of dubious merit, such as orders to investigate voter fraud by noncitizens—a phenomenon that Trump has falsely claimed is rampant.

— Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

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