executive order

noun

: regulation sense 2b

Examples of executive order in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Wildfires: Newsom Sends More National Guard Personnel To LA To Halt Looters, Fires - Update Newsom also issued a new executive order to try to prevent fraud and price gouging, and speed the inspection process so those who have lost their homes can get their insurance claims. —Ted Johnson, Deadline, 12 Jan. 2025

Several of the act’s requirements were temporarily suspended by an executive order issued by Newsom during the pandemic. —Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025

The experts pointed out that Trump also faced a similar situation in his first administration and undid several executive orders and changed various policies instituted by Obama in his first months of office, including his ban on offshore drilling. —Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2025

Miller used the opportunity to provide a detailed plan of attack for Trump's first 100 executive orders, as Axios scooped. —Marc Caputo, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above

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.