as in decrees
an order publicly issued by an authority
she brazenly ignored the company's ukase about entering by the back door
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Noun
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There were religious decrees about what kind of jobs women could hold.—
Kenny Choi,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026 -
The president is the second-highest ranking official in Iran, acting as the head of government that handles daily administration, economic policy and implements the Supreme Leader’s decrees.—
Suman Naishadham,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 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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Courts are deliberative places, where there are briefing schedules and hundreds of pages of evidentiary documents and lengthy rulings citing hundreds of years of case law.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Judge Lamberth has a pattern of activist rulings — and this case is no different.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Noem's confirmation out of the Senate sailed through, despite questions over how much money the agency was asking for to conduct immigration enforcement and policy directives coming from personnel high up at the White House, such as border czar Tom Homan.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2026
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Local agencies will have between 45 to 180 days to implement the directives passed by the city council Wednesday.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Ukases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ukases. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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