executive order

noun

: regulation sense 2b

Examples of executive order in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Finally, in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson signed an executive order to celebrate the holiday on the third Sunday of June. —Finch Walker, USA Today, 4 June 2026

Trump has signed executive orders seeking some of the same policies on a federal level. —ABC News, 3 June 2026

Activists grew impatient earlier this year after Trump signed an executive order intended to boost glyphosate production and later protested efforts by Monsanto to secure legal protections from lawsuits. —Nik Popli, Time, 3 June 2026

Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order asking AI companies to voluntarily provide the government access to their models for up to 30 days before their release. —Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 3 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.