decree
Example Sentences
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In a royal decree published on Friday, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul cited the deadly border dispute among other challenges his minority government has struggled to contain since it took office three months ago.
From BBC
And as China expands into high-end manufacturing such as aircraft and semiconductors, Xi has decreed it must not relinquish low-end production such as toys and clothes.
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.
Laurent Saint-Cyr, the council's president, praised the adoption of the decree, emphasizing that the decision "finally offers the Haitian people the opportunity to freely and responsibly choose those who should lead them."
From Barron's
Not only did the University of California regents rebuff the stadium bid, they also decreed that no structure built on the Drake Stadium footprint could later be enlarged into a football stadium.
From Los Angeles Times
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