fiat

Example Sentences

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He added that allowing users to pay with dollars, euros and other fiat currencies via the Novi wallet would bring a lot of value.

From New York Times

But that program requires evidence that’s harder to pin down, does not pay attorney fees and rules by administrative fiat, while the vaccine court has judges.

From Los Angeles Times

Many here have the sense that inflation is eating away at fiat currency, and that the stock market is a dangerous bubble.

From New York Times

"If we are to adopt disparate impact theory as a matter of national policy, it must be done by Congress — not 'by judicial or administrative fiat,'" Ho added.

From Fox News

Indeed, these athletes might be heard most clearly when they don’t win the accolades we expect of them — whether by choice, accident or institutional fiat.

From Washington Post