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Under a decree, the price of diesel rose from $0.8 to $1.5 per litre for consumers who buy large quantities, including agricultural producers.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

By BritBox decree, I am forbidden from reviewing it for now.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

Nor did it craft a consent decree or enforceable pledge to ensure compliance.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026

No details were given about the circumstances of the alleged desertions of the 173 military personnel when Gen Amara Camara, the president's spokesman, read out the decree on Monday.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

The streets had become so congested that the city issued an emergency decree to suspend the trolley service until after the parade because there was no room for the passengers to disembark downtown.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

But consent decrees are legally and politically complicated, and the treatment of migrant children further tangles the situation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

The decrees, the first of which were written under Louis XIV, ruled over the lives of enslaved people in the colonies.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

This stems from laïcité, the French brand of secularism which decrees the state and public institutions should be free of religion.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Many “return to office” mandates and expectations started as decrees from C-suite executives, after the pandemic broadened the appeal of working from home.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026

She reestablished Sunday mass, suspended the use of red armbands, and abrogated the harebrained decrees.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The comeback, Gov. Greg Abbott decreed, was the greatest home victory in more than 130 years of Longhorn football.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

China's top economic planning body decreed in a statement in April that it would "prohibit the foreign investment" in the Manus deal and "requires the parties involved to withdraw the acquisition transaction".

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

When it was adopted, California’s Article I, Section 18 decreed: “Neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude, unless for the punishment of crimes, shall ever be tolerated in this State.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 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

In order to put the maximum number of men to work, Hitler had decreed that virtually all the labor was to be done by hand, even that which machines could do more efficiently.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

It is roughly analogous to a disgruntled DMV employee refusing to process your driver’s license renewal paperwork, and also unilaterally decreeing that you were never allowed to operate a motor vehicle in the first place.

From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2023

Initially, the state Catholic Conference also didn’t back this latest referendum, decreeing in June that church parishes couldn’t be used for signature gathering.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

Any papal document would likely take the form of an Apostolic Constitution decreeing changes in Church law.

From Reuters ● Aug. 22, 2022

Women’s advocates, largely supported by religious scholars, have always maintained there’s nothing in the Quran decreeing a covering as restrictive as the burqa.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2021

Arcadio gave a rare display of generosity by decreeing official mourning for Pietro Crespi.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez