edict

President Joe Biden, Trump's predecessor, recalled the Independence Declaration's edict that all people are created equal.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

The Chargers’ last game was a playoff loss to Vrabel’s Patriots, so nothing short of an edict from the NFL probably would have stopped the franchise’s social media team from referencing the Vrabel-Russini controversy.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

The Wall Street Journal later reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that the US giant was preparing to backtrack on its acquisition after the Chinese edict.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

Esther, the king’s wife, convinced the king to withdraw the edict and arrest Haman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

Either one could now be gleaned, and if the edict was followed—and the Scythedom would make certain that it was—one would glean the other.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

“I made it clear, through my edicts, my announcements to them that we wanted those cases involving violence, that they know how seriously we were taking them,” he told me.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

Lawmakers in the lower house will on Thursday debate a bill to annul the royal edicts, and the Senate is then to have its say at an undetermined date before the law can pass.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

One expert points out Taliban members have been happy to follow Akhundzada despite disagreeing with edicts like the ones on girls' education.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026

The problem is, these kinds of edicts are impossible to follow in a practical way.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 9, 2026

In a similar manner, centuries of respectable writers have gradually shifted the collective consensus of what is right and wrong while shrugging off now-forgotten edicts by self-appointed guardians of the language.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker