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decreeing

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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 Synonyms for decreeing
Verb
  • 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
  • Now, Snoop says that The Chronic creator has fully embraced the revival of Death Row Records, even going as far as personally requesting his own official Death Row jacket.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • At the same time, the US proceeded with developing and enacting the National Cybersecurity Strategy, setting standards, and mandating the establishment of a State Department Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • In October, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a ruling mandating the removal of all lead pipes supplying drinking water in the United States.
    Stephen Mihm, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • But no one seemed all that interested in asking or talking about it Thursday, which makes this as good a time as any to revisit The Athletic’s midseason predictions for the Panthers.
    Joseph Person, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The key to staying relevant is to start asking questions and preparing for the future now.
    Nirmal Chhabria, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Customers who respond on LG’s website will get a warning label that comes with placement instructions and a reminder for customers to push a lock button when the range isn’t in use to prevent unintentional activation of the stove.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Tony Thurmond, California State superintendent of public instruction, is the keynote speaker.
    Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • An undisclosed official told the WSJ that many staff members interpreted the directive as a prohibition against throwing public events or issuing messages about the month and its historic Black figures.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 29 Jan. 2025
  • However, village trustees did not appear to support a complete prohibition during a discussion at a Jan. 13 Committee of the Whole meeting.
    Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • But much of what survives are school children’s copies of other works, an indication that children learned by dictation with the student copying what a teacher said or wrote.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
  • This could be significant for those that routinely use voice dictation for text and email messages.
    Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 10 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Only a less delusional motivation, a larger conception of self-interest, can move the world in a less delusional direction.
    Winslow Myers, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The refiners are given very unconventional directions to the cave.
    Erin Qualey, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Rasoulof shifts his tale into a cautionary proscription that is artful and mythic.
    Armond White, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Politics, the war, and Putin are off-limits, while less obvious proscriptions draw a grim picture of the dictatorship: no emojis, no foreign words, and no literary references are allowed.
    Francesca Mastruzzo (Tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 14 Jan. 2024
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