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Recent Examples of edict In July, a United Nations report said the ministry was contributing to a climate of fear and intimidation among Afghans through edicts and the methods used to enforce them. Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025 The brutal workload was lessened slightly by an edict from Nickelodeon. Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024 Maybe that’s because this is sports, where equity creates entertaining games, rather than human resources edicts. Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2024 The top Obama strategists in 2008 were crystal clear in their edict: erratic and confused were acceptable ways for the campaign to describe McCain, but ancient and expired were not. Philip Elliott, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for edict 
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Noun
  • Two days after being sworn in as president, Trump signed one that essentially rolled back the decades-old decree.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 22 Jan. 2025
  • But the legality of his decree remains in question, and TikTok is still unavailable in US app stores.
    Paresh Dave, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Everyday robes should be washed regularly, following the instructions on the care tag.
    Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Even as President Donald Trump recently obliterated the federal government’s support for DEI, his executive order leaves academic instruction untouched.
    Matt Beienburg, National Review, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Willis has asked the Georgia Supreme Court to reverse the ruling removing her and her office from the case.
    DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 18 Jan. 2025
  • After the ruling, Miami Beach officials kept in place their requirement to offer shelter before making arrests for camping but said the decision would aid in their enforcement.
    Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Anonymous sources linked to Trump acknowledged to Reuters that the difficulty of implementing many directives will slow things down, and predicted more orders will be released in the days and weeks after Inauguration Day, rather than just on day one.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Still, only so much can be done through executive order, Sommers said, and the directives often have to go through a rulemaking process that takes time.
    Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In a 2022 study in the American Journal of Criminal Justice, researchers analyzed how victims described their interactions with scammers in order to identify patterns in both how the communication unfolded and how the victim perceived it.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The Empyrean series in order Fourth Wing (2023) Iron Flame (2023) Onyx Storm (2025) When does Onyx Storm come out?
    Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This round of executive orders points in the right direction.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 25 Jan. 2025
  • What shines through loud and clear is the importance of the feelings of self-confidence and direction engendered by acquiring such wilderness skills and deploying them successfully.
    Alissa Simon, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The Phantoms could sue the USHL and USA Hockey and seek an injunction to be released from the USHL.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The plaintiffs are seeking a declaration that the racial mandate is unconstitutional and a permanent injunction prohibiting its enforcement.
    Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • But his life was also a broader love story about love for his fellow humans, and about living out the commandment to love your neighbor as yourself.
    Rachel Dobkin, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Forgetting To Stock Your Home Number 6 on our list of the top 7 commandments of Southern entertaining?
    Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2024

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“Edict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edict. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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