fiat
Example Sentences
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If the justice were genuinely worried about this possibility, one would not expect him to erase a key safeguard against it by judicial fiat.
From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026
Wars are financed by borrowing and printing money which devalues debt and fiat currency.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 16, 2026
Their price is meant to be fixed to a fiat currency, typically the U.S. dollar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
Most investors should do the same: not speculate on whether gold, dollars or other fiat currencies will go up or down, as much as determine a strategic allocation and then get to those levels.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
Finally, Compton settled the argument by fiat: the pile would move to Chicago.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing fiat
"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" by Frederick Douglass
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This Week In Words: January 4–10, 2020
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Texas v. Johnson (1989)
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