as in decrees
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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The White House itself has directly issued at least thirty-six orders, decrees, and directives targeting at least a hundred specific individuals and entities with punitive actions.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2026 -
Satya Nadella rebuilt Microsoft not through top-down decrees but by listening deeply to engineers, customers, and critics.—
Harvard Business Review,
Harvard Business Review,
14 Jan. 2026
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Covid-19 bred doubt about government edicts and skepticism about science, provoking an existential battle for truth.—
Richard Edelman,
Time,
18 Jan. 2026
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Trump edicts weigh on stocks this week Geopolitical risks have weighed on investor sentiment this week.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
14 Jan. 2026
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These local rulings tend to offer narrower precedent for future disputes as well.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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The court has issued a number of rulings that have effectively closed off avenues for challenges.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
13 Feb. 2026
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Estates without clear directives can be subject to lengthy and expensive probate court proceedings, which can consume up to 10% of an estate's value and take months or even years to resolve, Childfree Trust said in its report.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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Gabbard said the president did not ask any questions and did not issue any directives.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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The company noted that guides in the field had been in communication with senior guides at their base about conditions and route decisions.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Those engineering decisions worsened Katrina’s destruction.—
Melina Walling,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Fiats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiats. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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