decree

Example Sentences

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"This is not an anti-Muslim or anti-Islam decree," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The companies denied all the allegations and agreed to the settlement to resolve the litigation, according to the consent decree.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

The department had been rocked by corruption scandals, one after the next, and operating under a Justice Department consent decree for over a decade.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

As they have no official offices in the jurisdiction, sheriff officers sought to give the decree to an employee in person.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 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