fiat
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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
At the same time they also note possible black-swan event risks like crises caused by sovereign debt, food or fiat collapse.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
These purchase decisions are being made by fiat, as federally owned property is often exempt from local permitting and zoning rules.
From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026
“It improves reliability and efficiency for moving fiat deposits in and out of digital-asset markets,” said Arjun Sethi, co-chief executive of Kraken.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
The ancient, giant mahogany trees, all the trees, the game, everything of the forest was being destroyed, and the land was forced to lie fiat, he said, and bare as the palm of his hand.
From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker
Vocabulary lists containing fiat
"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" by Frederick Douglass
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Texas v. Johnson (1989)
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