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fiat

noun

ˈfē-ət

Definition of fiat

as in decree

an order publicly issued by an authority the school principal issued a fiat that caps were not to be worn inside the school, and that was that

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Recent Examples of fiat Anthropic is suing the Defense Department and the relevant federal agencies to undo the fiats. — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026 Plus, this digital fiat currency has the price certainty of a traditional bank account. — Malana Vantyler, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026 But this focus on reforming the judiciary, combined with the politics of the period, meant that comparatively little attention was paid to the other two branches of government—and, in particular, to the slide toward rule by presidential fiat. — Gregg Nunziata, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026 To my mind, going from one fiat to the other doesn't make sense — the true dollar diversifier is gold. — Michael Considine, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fiat

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While the threshold sparked debate, the decree offers financial incentives for parties to merge by discounting registration fees for coalitions and alliances.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued the decree on Thursday, calling for the election to be held in all of the Palestinian Territories.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 10 July 2026

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Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse The highly agile Getty shooter Alan Crowhurst has done us a great favor by bringing concrete cloakroom evidence of the many social and administrative challenges that the (famous) Royal Ascot costume edicts require in order to be properly met.

— Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
The memorandum includes a pledge by Iran to never purchase or construct nuclear weapons — a vow the Islamic Republic has made multiple times before, including by signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, in a religious edict issued by the late supreme leader and in the Obama-era nuclear accord.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026

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The ruling covers four Proud Boys whose sentences Trump commuted, while a separate bid to overturn Oath Keepers’ seditious conspiracy convictions have yet to be decided.

— Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
In an 80-page ruling obtained by Rolling Stone, the Puerto Rico Supreme Court found that Carliz De La Cruz Hernández can move forward with her claim that the recording’s use violated her right to protect her identity from commercial exploitation.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2026

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