Thesaurus results for FIAT

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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Noun

Days after that decree was issued, a senior IRGC official – political deputy Brig.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Zelensky made no public comment on the investigation but issued a decree dismissing Iryna Mudra as deputy head of the Office of the President.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of decree

Noun

The president’s orders and edicts have no basis in reality, are nonsensical and are making our nation significantly less safe.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026
Imagine if an edict came down from above tomorrow that says college athletes must be treated as full-time W-2 employees.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of edict

Noun

Following a July federal court ruling in Colorado that initially granted everyone in his class an extra year, Dent unretired and entered the transfer portal for one more season.

— Devon Henderson, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
The judge's ruling vacated the visa ban and also set aside visa denials that were based only on the policy.

— Michael Copley, NPR, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of ruling

Noun

As they’ve mercifully been decreased from six to four to three over the last 50 years, so have the prime directives.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026
In 2024, Western intelligence officials started gathering evidence that gangs in Scandinavia were subcontracting local teen-agers to carry out Iranian directives.

— Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026

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