decreed
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Tina Peters deserved to go to jail but not for nine years, a panel of judges decreed, ordering her resentencing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
The reality, however, is that international football's governing bodies have decreed the game must go ahead, whether anyone likes it or not.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
"Any person or entity that challenges the public order decreed by the transitional authorities will be severely reprimanded, in compliance with the law," the statement said.
From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026
This innovation goes back a ways, to Enzo Ferrari himself, who decreed that the power in his cars should always rise, linearly and proportionally, with throttle demand, from low revs to redline.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
Joffrey had decreed that he was to be a knight no longer, only a fool, lower even than Moon Boy.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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