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decree

[dih-kree] / dɪˈkri /




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The scandal led to prosecutions and convictions of some officers, and a federal consent decree that mandated reforms.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Juan Franco, mayor of the city of La Linea de la Concepcion, has signed a decree which prevents the fixture from going ahead on 9 June as planned.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

He and other signatories of the letter urged Trump to make a decree mandating that new AI models undergo government testing before they are released to the public.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

The abolition law of 1794 was pushed through despite, not because of, Robespierre, and soon afterward he accused his former friends of having passed a decree “whose likely result was the loss of our colonies.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Then came the response from Cambridge, the grandmotherly decree that this was acceptable, but Bailey would be going to Harvard, of course.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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