fiat
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The platform supports both fiat currency and stablecoins—cryptocurrencies pegged to the U.S. dollar, such as the company’s own SoFiUSD —allowing for 24/7 banking.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
If the justice were genuinely worried about this possibility, one would not expect him to erase a key safeguard against it by judicial fiat.
From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026
Wars are financed by borrowing and printing money which devalues debt and fiat currency.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 16, 2026
Their price is meant to be fixed to a fiat currency, typically the U.S. dollar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
“Yeah. He came fiat out and said he wasn’t going to sell the junk.”
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
Vocabulary lists containing fiat
"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" by Frederick Douglass
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This Week In Words: January 4–10, 2020
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Texas v. Johnson (1989)
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