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.
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Patt Morrisoncolumnist,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2022
Government by executive ukase.
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Christopher Demuth,
WSJ,
12 Nov. 2021
To be clear, the Pennsylvania court’s post–November 3 ballot-counting ukase has not been validated.
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Andrew C. McCarthy,
National Review,
3 Nov. 2020
After a brief sitting this week, under Johnson’s ukase, Parliament was not scheduled to meet again until Oct. 14, leaving him with a lot of unaccountable power.
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E.j. Dionne Jr.,
The Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2019
Trump must have felt quite confident in issuing his ukase.
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Garrett Epps,
The Atlantic,
11 Aug. 2017
Patt Morrisoncolumnist,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2022
Government by executive ukase.
—
Christopher Demuth,
WSJ,
12 Nov. 2021
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
After a brief sitting this week, under Johnson’s ukase, Parliament was not scheduled to meet again until Oct. 14, leaving him with a lot of unaccountable power.
—
E.j. Dionne Jr.,
The Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2019
Trump must have felt quite confident in issuing his ukase.
—
Garrett Epps,
The Atlantic,
11 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ukase
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Abandoned during the Mexican period of California history, the mission was returned to the Catholic Church in 1862 via a decree from President Abraham Lincoln.
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Just over a year ago, a federal judge dismissed a possible federal consent decree with the department, leading to now-former police chief Brian O'Hara, Mayor Jacob Frey and leaders from the state human rights department to double down on a joint commitment to the local decree.
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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.
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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.
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The ruling marks the latest legal blow to the requirement, which was part of an executive order Trump signed in March 2025.
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The court ruling means that the question will not be on the November ballot even though a Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll last week found that 66% of voters surveyed favored it.
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The attorneys general challenged several of its directives, including a provision that required state and local officials to collect proof of citizenship from vote-by-mail applicants.
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The order follows a request from Kennedy Center President and CEO Matt Floca to extend a June 17 directive that gave the center three days to detail any immediate plans related to construction and other long-term initiatives.
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“Ukase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ukase. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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