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
Unlike volatile digital assets like bitcoin, the value of stablecoins is tied to a real-world asset like fiat currencies or commodities like gold.
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Dylan Butts, CNBC, 22 May 2025
Many stablecoins are also backed by reserves of fiat currency or other assets like U.S. Treasuries.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 21 May 2025
Where the very meaning of gender is codified in clothing and hair — facial or flowing — as well as by fiat.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 1 May 2025
As central banks struggle with inflation and increasing debt levels, many investors are flocking to gold as a hedge against the instability of fiat currencies.
—Max Baecker, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Dylan Butts, CNBC, 22 May 2025
Many stablecoins are also backed by reserves of fiat currency or other assets like U.S. Treasuries.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 21 May 2025
Where the very meaning of gender is codified in clothing and hair — facial or flowing — as well as by fiat.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 1 May 2025
As central banks struggle with inflation and increasing debt levels, many investors are flocking to gold as a hedge against the instability of fiat currencies.
—Max Baecker, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiat
Noun
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Trump specified in his order that recipients of federal funds from CPB could not, under his decree, send money to PBS and NPR.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
27 May 2025
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The primary decree being that athletes are not employees.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
Noun
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Even states seen as safer for LGBTQ+ people have been navigating these edicts around trans athletes.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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The edict: get as many AI features into the operating system as possible.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
19 May 2025
Noun
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The judge granted that additional time in the Tuesday ruling, giving the Administration until Wednesday to file its response and setting a hearing for the following day.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
11 June 2025
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However, given that litigation can take months or longer and given that Coley wants to play this fall, Dever’s ruling deals a major blow to Coley’s chances to be eligible for the 2025 season.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
10 June 2025
Noun
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Presumably, there will be a clear directive from the new boss to utilise these games to implement his tactics and kick off his tenure with a signature win.—
Brett Koremenos,
New York Times,
12 June 2025
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Perhaps the most telling objectives of the Trump administration’s sweeping directives have been orders issued to a number of major law firms in the United States.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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“Fiat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiat. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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