executive order

noun

: regulation sense 2b

Examples of executive order in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The President signed an executive order that will pay the TSA officers. —Jack Fink, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026

And now her husband has gifted her with an executive order that will give her a say over who collects management fees for handling potentially trillions of dollars in wealth. —Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026

Ideas expressed in the piece The birthright citizenship executive order represents a direct assault on the constitutional guarantee established by the 14th Amendment, which has protected automatic citizenship for all persons born in the United States for over 150 years. —Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026

Healey also signed an executive order in February imposing similar restrictions on ICE and federal immigration officials and their operations in Massachusetts. —Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 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.