1
as in decree
an order publicly issued by an authority
the school board's edict put a new student dress code into effect
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2
as in instruction
a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned
this household's edict of long standing: no television until all homework has been completed
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Recent Examples of edict
Officers and directors have enough problems trying to balance the turbulence of new governmental edicts with pressing economic and operational challenges.
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Michael Peregrine, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Trump's order appears to have other targets, some already subjects of earlier edicts and Justice Department lawsuits.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 21 Feb. 2025
The edict was, Work with another artist and maybe do something by a third artist who has been associated with the show.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2025
Out of the gate in his second term, President Donald Trump has delivered a raft of executive orders and policy edicts that are flaunting justice.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
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Michael Peregrine, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Trump's order appears to have other targets, some already subjects of earlier edicts and Justice Department lawsuits.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 21 Feb. 2025
The edict was, Work with another artist and maybe do something by a third artist who has been associated with the show.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2025
Out of the gate in his second term, President Donald Trump has delivered a raft of executive orders and policy edicts that are flaunting justice.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for edict
Noun
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Bezos owns the Post, and this decree is within his prerogatives.—
Ruth Marcus,
The New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2025
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People get visas with a note saying it’s based on a presidential decree.—
Fred Weir,
The Christian Science Monitor,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In this new event, six of Florida’s top high school orchestras present concerts and receive adjudication and instruction from industry professionals.—
Matthew J. Palm,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2025
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Forty percent of Columbia University’s budget goes to patient care and research, and nearly 40% more toward instruction, according to the lawsuit.—
Chris Boyette,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
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The ruling marks a catastrophic setback for Le Pen, the National Rally (RN) party chief and a front-runner in opinion polls on the 2027 contest.—
Elizabeth Pineau and Juliette Jabkhiro,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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In many ways, the mixed ruling follows reality as much of the information from the February 27 autopsies was made public in a March 7 press conference by medical officials and the Santa Fe Sheriff’s office.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2025
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This can lead to a breakdown in command and control, with some units acting independently or based on politically motivated directives.—
Samuel C. Mahaney,
The Conversation,
21 Mar. 2025
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The false links contain appropriate meta directives to prevent search engine indexing while remaining attractive to data-scraping bots.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
21 Mar. 2025
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The vastness of framed white space and the comparatively minuscule labels arrest the viewer, requiring them to crane their neck, to move back and forth or close to the frame in order to read from part to part to whole while also weighing the blanks.—
Mara Mills,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
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The lawsuit seeks a ruling blocking Trump's order and barring federal agencies from complying with it.—
Daniel Wiessner,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The pendulum, which swung far toward inclusion in the wake of George Floyd’s murder in 2020, is now swinging back in full force in the opposite direction.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Gonzalez joined the weightlifting team beginning in her junior season and excelled under the direction of coach Heidi Bowser.—
Alex Kushel,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Mar. 2025
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The court will then have to decide whether to impose a preliminary injunction on the White House officials, compelling them to allow AP to have better access to Trump.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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Perkins Coie is one of the law firms taking action, and after hiring Williams & Connolly—known for aggressively fighting the federal government—to represent them in court, won a preliminary injunction on the executive order.—
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The ninth commandment instructs us not to bear false witness.—
Mark Sandy,
TIME,
14 Mar. 2025
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These early church leaders consider biblical passages, including commandments in the Hebrew Bible, to welcome strangers.—
Laura E. Alexander,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Edict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edict. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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