edict
Example Sentences
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“There’s a sense of moral panic,” Ms. Hall says of the edict.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
Taliban officials then described the face veil edict as "advice".
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025
And it has opened up a market for China, whose trade officials jetted to Brasilia just hours after Trump published his edict.
From Slate • Aug. 1, 2025
Tisdale, who also starred in the “High School Musical” franchise, jokes that her new edict to her agent is “iconic stuff only please.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025
If she was chosen today, Citra would not defy the edict to glean Rowan—but she did have a plan that might save both of them.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.