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He runs the company by fiat.
the school principal issued a fiat that caps were not to be worn inside the school, and that was that
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His goal of governing by fiat would not happen without a fight.
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Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
Research from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) shows up some interesting consumer attitudes around a digital fiat currency.
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
However, as Modi and his party may be realizing, resorting to legislation in the form of an executive fiat is hardly a winning formula in a democracy.
—Surupa Gupta, Foreign Affairs, 3 Mar. 2021
From the printing press and the telegraph to electricity and the internet, many of the great technological innovations in history happened because a few individuals decided on them by fiat.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
Research from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) shows up some interesting consumer attitudes around a digital fiat currency.
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
However, as Modi and his party may be realizing, resorting to legislation in the form of an executive fiat is hardly a winning formula in a democracy.
—Surupa Gupta, Foreign Affairs, 3 Mar. 2021
From the printing press and the telegraph to electricity and the internet, many of the great technological innovations in history happened because a few individuals decided on them by fiat.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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“Fiat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiat. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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fiat
noun
fi·at
ˈfē-ˌät, -ˌat, -ət; ˈfī-ˌat 
1
: decree
2
: an authoritative but arbitrary order
a brazen act of judicial fiat—L. H. Tribe
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