as in forbidding
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as in ordering
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 Synonyms for decreeing
Verb
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The Hamilton County Coroner's Office is requesting help finding the relatives of a man who died this week.—
Erin Couch,
The Enquirer,
24 Dec. 2024 -
But community members argue that’s no less offensive and are requesting another change.—
Lorraine Mirabella,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Dec. 2024
Verb
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But at - if - the - the government should not be mandating those.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2025
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If mandating fewer students in each class effectively requires the hiring of an unknown number of dud instructors, how do students benefit?—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Harvick raised his voice about why the appeals process hadn't been made public, asking what is there to hide.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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This prompted one Keller parent to sue the school board, asking a judge to intervene in the split and prevent the board from future violations of the law.—
Cody Copeland and,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Or, to extrapolate Anderson’s hacks to this example, creating a competition with a sales incentive would be significantly more impactful than barking instructions.—
Michelle Stansbury,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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The groups provide resources such as application assistance and U.S. civics instruction, aiding the individuals in their journey to become citizens of the United States.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There is no prohibition against the Heat trading the 2025 first-round pick received from the Warriors.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2025
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Other bills introduced in Congress thus far have called for the prohibition of tax deductions or credits for marijuana businesses to continue, regardless of whether it is rescheduled.—
Addy Bink,
The Hill,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In any case, paradigm-shifting functionality such as ambient documentation summarization implies a certain level of disruptive change, as existing tech vendors and healthcare providers must supersede their existing dictation systems to fully embrace the new technology.—
Melody Brue,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Apple says that the speech recognition models that power dictation may temporarily display words with some phonetic overlap, before landing on the correct word.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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So, one way to fix this is, fertilizing in spring with a citrus fertilizer, according to label directions.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2025
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Hopkins said fire department personnel also monitor the outside air and wind direction, knowing that homes downwind are likely to smell the gas and call the fire department with concerns.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The essence of the Lost Cause was that the Civil War was not lost and could yet be won by new forms of racial proscription; for white supremacists, the Jim Crow era of disfranchisement, segregation, and one-party Democratic rule in the South was that promise vindicated.—
Made by History,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
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Rasoulof shifts his tale into a cautionary proscription that is artful and mythic.—
Armond White,
National Review,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Decreeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decreeing. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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