executive order

noun

: regulation sense 2b

Examples of executive order in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

President Trump signed an executive order that stopped all offshore wind energy projects. —Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025

However, Schreiner was ruled ineligible to compete for RIT after the NCAA revised its gender eligibility policy Feb. 6, one day after Trump signed an executive order to ban trans athletes from women's and girls' sports. —Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025

At that event, Biden signed an executive order setting a target for zero-emissions vehicles to account for half of all automobiles sold in the United States by 2030. —Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2025

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for a plan to shut down of the Education Department, an agency Republicans have talked about closing for decades. —Bianca Vázquez Toness, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for executive order

• boarder
• border
• corder
• warder
• camcorder
• disorder
• recorder
• reorder
• suborder
• transborder

Legal Definition

executive order

noun

: an order issued by a government's executive on the basis of authority specifically granted to the executive branch (as by the U.S. Constitution or a congressional act)

the National Security Agency was created by an executive order

compare proclamation, statute

Note: An executive order from the president does not have the force of law until it is printed in the Federal Register.