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Almost every year since 2019, he has decreed an early start to the holiday season, seemingly moving it up as the country’s situation worsened.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

His funeral ceremony at the National Cathedral will be held the following day — which President Biden has decreed a national day of mourning — followed by a private interment in his Georgia hometown, Plains.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2025

This is why poor Lord Toranaga has been singled out and framed for trying to kill the Heir in the first place: Lady Ochiba has decreed it.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2024

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has decreed six new indigenous reserves, banning mining and restricting commercial farming there.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2023

He has decreed that the body of Polynices, Antigone’s brother, who had rebelled against the city, does not deserve a proper burial.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela