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rescript

noun

ˈrē-ˌskript

Definition of rescript

as in decree

an order publicly issued by an authority even though there was never an official rescript ordering mass genocide, that was indeed the intent and effect of the government's policy

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Recent Examples of rescript The rescript—an authoritative message from an emperor—was rediscovered in the 1700s and is now on display in Spello’s town hall, reports Newsweek’s Aristos Georgiou. — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024 Soon, Duke writes, the rescript became associated with Japanese nationalism, a reverence for a divine emperor and a strict educational system. — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 10 Apr. 2017 Conservatives see the rescript as a paean to traditional values; liberals as a throwback to a more authoritarian era. — Jonathan Soble, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2017

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Again, no official decree has been handed down from Zurich, but if the stateside TV ratings are anything to go by, a few minutes of commercial intrusiveness per match certainly didn’t seem to cost Fox much in the way of viewership.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 July 2026
That decree outlines a list of requirements for the jail to improve medical and mental health care for inmates.

— Theresa Clift July 17, Sacbee.com, 17 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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Two weeks earlier, Anthropic had to disable access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models to comply with an export control directive that was issued by the Commerce Department.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 20 July 2026
Sachin Sharma, a deputy commissioner of police, said Wangchuk’s hospitalization was carried out following medical advice and a court directive.

— Aijaz Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026

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