ordains

present tense third-person singular of ordain
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as in orders
to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority a new bill that would ordain the funding of public schools through state lottery revenues

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Verb
  • Bill Nye Our favorite Science Guy orders a caramel macchiato made with coconut milk.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Continue reading … ORDER FROM THE COURT – Georgia judge orders Fani Willis to redo search for records in Trump election case.
    , FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Commissioners’ closest vote involved the portion of the budget legislation that enacts a less than 1% increase in household trash fees.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The rule also increases the maximum annual cost-sharing limitation and enacts stricter income-verification measures.
    Joseph Choi, The Hill, 2 July 2025
Verb
  • This potentially dooms them to 48 hours in the nearest town.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Despite concerns that failure to be in the blue reading group in first grade dooms a child’s adult options to a career in coal mining (or worse, a lesser UC), both have been completely self-supporting (and not in the coal-mining industry) since graduating from college.
    Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This dictates the color used for things like menu selections and buttons in various apps.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • And their production dictates the amount circulating.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • So, to observe them, astronomers rely on stellar occultations — moments when an object passes between them and a background star.
    Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The entrance to the car park even passes under a portcullis and guests’ bags go through an X-ray machine hidden in the rock-face.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But a PCMag reader pointed out the application requests permission to conduct the tests at a Pendleton, Oregon, airport site used for unmanned aircraft, including from a Boeing company called Insitu.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Deliver a genuine human experience that starts from the moment a client requests more information and lasts beyond the receipt of their purchase.
    Brandon Aversano, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Ordains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordains. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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