fiat

“We were slaves to the fiat system,” she said, “but Bitcoin brought hope back into my life, hope that I can retire someday.”

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Investors, politicians and economists said they wanted a world of fiat currencies with floating exchange rates, and they’re getting it good and hard in Japan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

It looks like the so-called debasement trade, fleeing the dollar and other fiat currencies for gold, is over for now.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

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

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

Theydon scarcely knew the names of the other dwellers in his own block, and his acquaintance did not even go that far with any of the remaining tenants of 48 fiats, all told.

From Number Seventeen by Louis Tracy