decree

By BritBox decree, I am forbidden from reviewing it for now.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

The dismissals, announced in a decree on state television, are thought to be part of ongoing efforts by the president to consolidate his control and prevent potential challenges to his leadership.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

"Under the settlement, TikTok will pay $300 million immediately and an additional $100 million upon entry of an order vacating a prior consent decree entered against TikTok's predecessor, Musical.ly," the department said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

The appellate panel voiced serious doubts about undoing the consent decree at oral arguments in June.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

"Decree or no decree, I have always spoken the truth and I intend to continue to do so."

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

But consent decrees are legally and politically complicated, and the treatment of migrant children further tangles the situation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

The decrees, the first of which were written under Louis XIV, ruled over the lives of enslaved people in the colonies.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

This stems from laïcité, the French brand of secularism which decrees the state and public institutions should be free of religion.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Milei moved quickly once in office, signing dozens of decrees to shrink and deregulate the state in one of the most rapid budget turnarounds in the history of emerging markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

The school, where they paid attention to him and respected him, and then power, with his endless decrees and his glorious uniform, freed him from the weight of an old bitterness.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

For decades, China's Communist Party decreed that couples could have only one child.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

The outgoing president decreed a 24% minimum wage hike this January, more than even unions were demanding.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

In this case, Musk decreed an opening price of $135 per share and the banks went along.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 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

She saw piles of butchered chickens and was able to buy as many as she wanted even though they cost three times as much as usual, since free pricing had been decreed.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

Multiple lawsuits were filed challenging the rules, leading to a series of lower court decisions upholding some of New York’s new law but decreeing that other aspects were unconstitutional.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2023

It is roughly analogous to a disgruntled DMV employee refusing to process your driver’s license renewal paperwork, and also unilaterally decreeing that you were never allowed to operate a motor vehicle in the first place.

From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2023

One resident, Gulnaz Gilmanova, wrote that she was ashamed of the village administration for decreeing that he be buried without military honors.

From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2023

Any papal document would likely take the form of an Apostolic Constitution decreeing changes in Church law.

From Reuters ● Aug. 22, 2022

The facts about Everest were established, and this involved a triple process of finding, making and decreeing.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton