as in ordered
to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority
the new supervisor decreed that thenceforth coffee breaks would have a 15-minute limit
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Recent Examples of decreed
In February 2024, the Brazilian Supreme Court decreed her pretrial detention.
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Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
But that’s what happened in 2018 when King Mswati III decreed that Swaziland was changing its name to Eswatini.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Aug. 2025
Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
But that’s what happened in 2018 when King Mswati III decreed that Swaziland was changing its name to Eswatini.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decreed
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Hawaii shoppers, for example, ordered the least amount of candy corn, 55% less than the national average, according to the Instacart study.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Both sides will submit fuller legal arguments and the Department of Homeland Security may be ordered to produce its internal decision record.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Well, Leader Schumer and I initially requested a meeting last Saturday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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The department has requested copies of voter rolls, often with nonpublic information like partial Social Security numbers, from dozens of states.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Decreed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decreed. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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