Example Sentences

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Once spoken, the fiats cannot change without wounding the leader’s credibility.

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2022

Yoo makes it clear that he thinks such executive fiats would be unconstitutional.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2020

President Dwight Eisenhower, who had put himself above the fray, began to fight back with information leaks and administrative fiats.

From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2020

With aristocratic privileges created and enforced by government fiats there were few meaningful opportunities for the common citizen to advance their business interests.

From Economist • Sep. 2, 2013

All I can add as a closer,' concloods Jack, 'is that I'll make haste to open on any sport who transgresses these fiats an' goes to shootin' first.

From Wolfville Nights by Lewis, Alfred Henry