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noun

as in forbidding

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verb

present participle of decree
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 decreeing
Verb
In 2019, the Supreme Court effectively greenlighted the practice in a 5-4 decision by the conservative majority, decreeing that partisan gerrymandering was beyond the purview of federal courts. — Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026 In April 2022, the ATF issued a rule decreeing that ghost guns had to conform to the same regulations as regular firearms, including carrying serial numbers and requiring background checks. — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 1 June 2026 The Lebanese government could be a crucial part of a long-term solution, decreeing recently that Hezbollah’s military activities are prohibited. — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026 His cabinet, meanwhile, conspires to remove their own children from any ballot, before coldly decreeing that kids from the worst performing schools should be sent away with the 456. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025 Rather than decreeing top-down policies, companies should engage employees—across roles, functions, and work modalities—in conversations about what hybrid work should look like. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025 This leads us to another old-school corner of Ryder Cup regulations — the ordinance decreeing a victory total of 14 points for the defending champ, and 14 1/2 points to the returning loser. — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025 No Mob boss, cheerfully decreeing that an inconvenient witness be rubbed out, could be more resolute. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decreeing
  1. forbidding
  2. ordering
  3. banning
  4. requesting
  5. charging
  6. mandating
  7. barring
  8. asking
Noun
  • But Cheney rarely tried to combat the image painted by critics and comedians of him as a dour partisan, dark and forbidding.
    — Susan Page, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Definition of forbidding
Verb
  • The prank consisted of 50 individuals simultaneously ordering a Waymo on the same dead-end street, creating a pileup that made the company disable rides until the next morning.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Sample a little of everything by ordering The Trinity (a quarter pound each of sliced brisket, pork ribs and sausage, plus two sides) or the Texas Two-Step sandwich with brisket and sausage.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of ordering
Noun
  • Rescues during holidays have declined in recent years, owing to the prohibition of alcohol on Memorial Day, Labor Day, and the Fourth of July, along with the banning of diving along the Clay Banks, Nunez said.
    — Reeti Malhotra July 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
  • The talk was organized by local synagogues and the Chattanooga Jewish Federation in response to the banning of the novel by a nearby Tennessee school district a month prior.
    — SPIN Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026
Definition of banning
Verb
  • After neighbors complained last week about the diesel generators, Lisle Development Services Director Mike Smetana sent an email to CSquare requesting that the company stop using the temporary generators.
    — Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Murphy did not return a phone call requesting comment on the lawsuit Wednesday.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of requesting
Noun
  • The charging records make no mention of Kumar having any prior criminal history.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Google said in a presentation to reporters last week that the new phones will double the previous storage size, starting at 256 gigabytes, and feature 30 hours of battery life and faster wireless charging.
    — Barbara Ortutay, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of charging
Verb
  • This evolution has led to the realization that AI’s ROI doesn’t come from mandating AI tools or building a tokenmaxxing leaderboard.
    — Amrit Jassal, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Kentucky recently passed a law mandating that pause and the federal Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network is working on new rules that also would require all the nation’s OPOs to implement it.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of mandating
Noun
  • As expected, Jude largely presents his vignettes at an observational distance, barring, of course, the FaceTime conversations.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
  • The barring of the Russian Pavilion follows the announcement that nations such as Russia and Israel which have been accused of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court will be ineligible for awards in the exhibition’s juried competition.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 28 Apr. 2026
Definition of barring
Verb
  • Two physicians, Howard Israel and William Seidelman, wrote to JAMA in 1996 asking a simple question about where the bodies came from.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • OutKick is already basically banned from most WNBA events at this point, so don't depend on us asking them to elaborate.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of asking

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