ukase

noun

yü-ˈkās How to pronounce ukase (audio)
Definition of ukasenext
as in decree
an order publicly issued by an authority she brazenly ignored the company's ukase about entering by the back door

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Recent Examples of ukase The restrictions that remain from that March 2020 ukase will wind down in February, at Garcetti’s request and with the council’s vote. — Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2022 To be clear, the Pennsylvania court’s post–November 3 ballot-counting ukase has not been validated. — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 3 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ukase
  1. decree
  2. edict
  3. ruling
  4. directive
Noun
  • The electoral decree only lists the UN sanctions as a reason under which someone can be barred from running for office.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
  • But the president has total discretion on when to issue the decree, so Lula can sit on it as long as is politically convenient.
    — Marina Dias, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of decree
Noun
  • Many believe Beijing perceived Tung as a loyalist who would obey the Communist leadership’s edicts.
    — Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Countless speakers left the Pale of Settlement – the territory in Eastern Europe where Jews had been granted permission to live under an edict of the Russian czars.
    — Ilan Stavans, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of edict
Noun
  • Some told the Miami Herald that the ruling blocks the path to asylum and that the cases cannot be evaluated in a vacuum.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The ruling blocked Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins from conducting the election using the new map.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of ruling
Noun
  • In addition to saying the Fourth Circuit lacked jurisdiction, the US said the FCC got the law right in its directive to TV stations.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The palace directive keeps their formal royal titles in abeyance, frames their charitable work as private and leaves contentious security arrangements to police and a government panel.
    — Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of directive

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