as in decree
an order publicly issued by an authority
the school principal issued a fiat that caps were not to be worn inside the school, and that was that
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Recent Examples of fiat
Compared to most fiat currencies, this alone makes bitcoin stand out.
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Marie Poteriaieva, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Gold and fiat currencies have dominated national reserves for centuries, but a new era demands innovative solutions.
—Sean Lee, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
What China needed was something like a final emperor, the breaker of the despotic chain who would summon modernity by fiat.
—Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
The promises to roll back existing federal regulations by executive fiat, then fire the civil servants who administer the rules, grossly misrepresent how the regulatory process and civil service protections work under federal statutes.
—Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Marie Poteriaieva, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Gold and fiat currencies have dominated national reserves for centuries, but a new era demands innovative solutions.
—Sean Lee, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
What China needed was something like a final emperor, the breaker of the despotic chain who would summon modernity by fiat.
—Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
The promises to roll back existing federal regulations by executive fiat, then fire the civil servants who administer the rules, grossly misrepresent how the regulatory process and civil service protections work under federal statutes.
—Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiat
Noun
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Two days after being sworn in as president, Trump signed one that essentially rolled back the decades-old decree.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
22 Jan. 2025
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But the legality of his decree remains in question, and TikTok is still unavailable in US app stores.—
Paresh Dave,
WIRED,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In his first week in office, President Donald Trump signed 10 executive orders on immigration and issued a host of edicts to see through promises of mass deportations and border security.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Jan. 2025
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One thousand innocuous edicts are better than a single unconstitutional decree.—
The Editors,
National Review,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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As for when a final ruling could come, the LASC judge cited a busy schedule and offered no specifics.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
30 Jan. 2025
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In a statement following the university's ruling to suspend the student protesters, NYU's Faculty for Justice in Palestine (FJP) argued that the group was participating in anti-war protests and acted nonviolently.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
Fox News,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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By the evening of Friday, Jan. 24, Secretary of State Marco Rubio had issued a directive that went even further, effectively freezing operations at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. government's lead provider of nonmilitary foreign aid.—
Belinda Luscombe,
TIME,
1 Feb. 2025
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The memo that prompted the litigation came from the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget and had detailed a sweeping directive to halt funding as part of Trump's broader effort to overhaul the federal government.—
Reuters,
USA TODAY,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Fiat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiat. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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