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A decree signed by President Vladimir Putin announced that the Russian operations of Metro Cash and Carry had been put under the "temporary management" of a company called UK Torg RUS.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Just before the trailer finishes, a hilarious decree comes down from Mount Disney, splayed across the screen like law: “See it in InfinityVision!”

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

De la Espriella has insisted that his decree has removed a restriction which had never been meant to be permanent.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

De la Espriella insisted that the decree would not create a free-for-all and that tight controls over who can own a gun would remain in place.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

The British colonizers were driven by the belief that they were entitled by divine decree and by royal declaration to live on and use the land and resources of North America.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Government decrees to grant dispensations to manufacturers of Abondance, Beaufort and Comté cheeses - which come from mountains in eastern France - appeared on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

“New decrees can rewrite the economic rulebook in days, not years,” Mr. Romeu observes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

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

"Prefects will issue decrees banning alcohol consumption in public spaces in the departments under red alert," the government said in a statement following a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu.

From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026

To attempt to act in such a way that the prophecy would be made void was as futile as to set oneself against the decrees of fate.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

China's top economic planning body decreed in a statement in April that it would "prohibit the foreign investment" in the Manus deal and "requires the parties involved to withdraw the acquisition transaction".

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

At a point when the generals decreed that thousands of noncombatants should be left behind in hostile territory, the author notes with dismay that the soldiery raised no objection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

When it was adopted, California’s Article I, Section 18 decreed: “Neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude, unless for the punishment of crimes, shall ever be tolerated in this State.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

The National Minister of Justice has decreed that there will be no clemency.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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

He even puts up a poster decreeing “No eating people” in his apartment, which vexes Venom mightily.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2021

Nothing could be more straightforward—except we never talk about finding, making or decreeing facts; instead, we ‘establish facts’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton