decree
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Nor did it craft a consent decree or enforceable pledge to ensure compliance.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
No details were given about the circumstances of the alleged desertions of the 173 military personnel when Gen Amara Camara, the president's spokesman, read out the decree on Monday.
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
“I believe David is sincere in making these commitments, and he has offered to execute a consent decree to the State AGs. These are tangible and important commitments that will benefit the industry.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
He would read as many as four a day in order to decree and institute everything that came into his head.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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
Since then, French President Emmanuel Macron has endorsed the symbolic repeal of royal decrees that governed slavery in French colonies.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 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
A serious accounting of departments like those in Minneapolis and Louisville, Ky., whose decrees Ms. Dhillon has dismissed, would conclude the opposite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
He officially decrees: “He that will not work shall not eat,” and he holds us to it.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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
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
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
Any papal document would likely take the form of an Apostolic Constitution decreeing changes in Church law.
From Reuters ● Aug. 22, 2022
Women’s advocates, largely supported by religious scholars, have always maintained there’s nothing in the Quran decreeing a covering as restrictive as the burqa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2021
The judge cited coronavirus concerns in decreeing the viewing accommodations, but other recent trials in New York have permitted access to the courtroom.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
Arcadio gave a rare display of generosity by decreeing official mourning for Pietro Crespi.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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