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President Joe Biden, Trump's predecessor, recalled the Independence Declaration's edict that all people are created equal.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

The Wall Street Journal later reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that the US giant was preparing to backtrack on its acquisition after the Chinese edict.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

Rental-home executives and investors said they had no idea the president’s edict was coming.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026

“This edict, combined with the current delay fiasco, has built a ‘wall’ for employers and employees who are already in the process of stamping.”

From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025

The advice to omit needless words should not be confused with the puritanical edict that all writers must pare every sentence down to the shortest, leanest, most abstemious version possible.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Lawmakers in the lower house will on Thursday debate a bill to annul the royal edicts, and the Senate is then to have its say at an undetermined date before the law can pass.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

Arguably the most visible opposition to his edicts had been minor and limited - for example not enforcing regulations like the ban on shaving beards in regions controlled by Kabul group-aligned officials.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026

The problem is, these kinds of edicts are impossible to follow in a practical way.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 9, 2026

Alfred Hitchcock, Carol Reed, Orson Welles, Stanley Kubrick and many others made incredible films that directly contradicted the edicts of studio bosses at the behest of the government.

From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026

Some agents, especially older ones, despised Hoover and his edicts.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann