fiat

Security shouldn’t be dictated by administrative fiat; it should be treated as a critical competitive feature.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

In a fiat money economy, the mere fact of making a loan creates the money needed.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

He noted the erosion of trust in the fiat system, the unprecedented money printing and the accumulation of sovereign debt.

From MarketWatch ● May 12, 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

They came to the fiat top where the rock was hard to hands and knees.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

Once spoken, the fiats cannot change without wounding the leader’s credibility.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2022

Yoo makes it clear that he thinks such executive fiats would be unconstitutional.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2020

President Dwight Eisenhower, who had put himself above the fray, began to fight back with information leaks and administrative fiats.

From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2020

With aristocratic privileges created and enforced by government fiats there were few meaningful opportunities for the common citizen to advance their business interests.

From Economist ● Sep. 2, 2013

Soon thereafter, the country instituted secular   laws to replace traditional religious fiats.

From The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency