decreed
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The outgoing president decreed a 24% minimum wage hike this January, more than even unions were demanding.
From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026
A decade ago, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman – or MBS as he is widely known – decreed a revisioning of his country that leapt from the realm of science fiction.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Tina Peters deserved to go to jail but not for nine years, a panel of judges decreed, ordering her resentencing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
Not so the computer, which Jobs decreed had to take the form of a perfect cube made of magnesium-alloy—nevermind that cubes are notoriously difficult to manufacture and magnesium tends to cause paint to bubble.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
Lawrence had decreed that the electrical field that delivered the sequential jolts to the spiraling protons should be present only in the gap between the two dees.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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