decreed

Example Sentences

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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

Interim president Delcy Rodriguez, a staunch defender of Maduro who took over after his ouster, decreed seven days of mourning for those killed in the January 3 attack.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

Apparently fate has decreed that I will go around looking to cameras, but not to humans, like I’ve just been stunned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

The judge likewise decreed that these writers “are not entitled to the market for licensing their works as AI training data.”

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2025

Additionally, the government decreed that no more than four expeditions would be allowed on the Nepalese flanks each season.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer