by fiat
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Min Aung Hlaing ruled by fiat as military chief over four years of emergency rule after the coup.
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025
"The result is a financial death penalty by fiat imposed on a media defendant whose broadcasts reach millions," he told the Supreme Court in the appeal.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
But the commissioner completely misread the room when he tried to push through changes to country’s oldest tournament by fiat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
Even though authoritarian leaders may appear to rule by fiat, they all rely on coalitions of powerful elites to stay in power, analysts say.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
Today the AT is a wilderness by design—actually, by fiat, since many of the properties Shaffer passed were later compulsorily purchased and quietly returned to woodland.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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