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fiat

[fee-aht, -at, fahy-uht, -at] / ˈfi ɑt, -æt, ˈfaɪ ət, -æt /


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But he said that hedging from dollars into euros only swaps one fiat currency for another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

That is, Saylor uses investors’ fiat currencies to buy Bitcoin.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 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

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

The question caught me by surprise; I had been waiting for a fiat, and now a choice lay before me.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

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

How the fiats of the Invisible King are to be issued, we are not informed.

From God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' by William Archer


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