How to Use edict in a Sentence
edict
noun
- The government issued an edict banning public demonstrations.
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The edict of size doesn’t just stop in the weight room with the current players.
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Thuc Nhi Nguyen,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Mar. 2024
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The edict of the line is to be efficient, towable, and rugged.
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Hayden Coplen,
Outside Online,
22 Nov. 2020
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The edict was that neither school was leaving the Big 12 that year.
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John Talty | [email protected],
al,
22 July 2021
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The edict went out that the club’s galáctico era was over.
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Rory Smith,
New York Times,
10 May 2024
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The Mayor’s no-cars edict for the 2028 Olympics didn’t mention flights.
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Bruce Haring,
Deadline,
10 Aug. 2024
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The church issued a style guide in the wake of Nelson’s August 2018 edict.
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The Salt Lake Tribune,
18 Sep. 2020
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So, the politicians have found a legal way around the voters’ edict.
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George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2023
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His wife, Christi, has a firm edict that his work clothes are never to touch hers.
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Chuck Blount,
San Antonio Express-News,
5 Apr. 2021
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There is anger among Afghan women as a face veil edict splits the Taliban.
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Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2022
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One of them defies his edict to stay out of Annabelle's bedroom.
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Dustin Nelson,
EW.com,
30 Oct. 2023
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An all-hands-on-deck edict has been issued to get the project up to speed — for now, the R1T is taking a back seat.
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Edward Ludlow,
Fortune,
7 Oct. 2021
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The edict falls in line with a new vision and strategy for the hotel.
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Vivian Song,
Robb Report,
1 June 2021
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One edict said the most devout women wouldn’t leave the house at all, unless there’s need.
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Los Angeles Times,
21 Nov. 2022
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Sixty staffers, or about 5% of the company, left in the wake of Armstrong's edict.
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Robert Hackett,
Fortune,
4 May 2021
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One edict said the most devout women would not leave the house at all, unless there’s need.
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Nabih Bulos,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Nov. 2022
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Some pols were reluctant to go along with the speaker’s edict.
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Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2024
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The edict comes as the number of coronavirus cases in the state remains low.
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Bloomberg.com,
6 May 2020
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The shelter-in-place edict caused a drop in sales, which Arredondo said were on the rise before the coronavirus.
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Vincent T. Davis,
San Antonio Express-News,
24 Jan. 2022
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The dial-it-down edict following the attempt on Trump’s life sort of worked.
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Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
16 July 2024
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The Philips boys were too young to be subject to Napoleon’s edict, but Roget was leery of sending them off alone.
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Claudia Kalb,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Apr. 2021
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The leader of Grafton at the time issued an edict: Find another way.
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ProPublica,
13 Apr. 2020
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But the specter of the Taliban’s edicts targeting women and girls also looms at the Afghan Post.
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Riazat Butt,
The Christian Science Monitor,
5 July 2024
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The new edict might run through late August, encompassing the span of the Games from July 23 to Aug. 8.
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Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2021
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In a state as large as Texas, where the culture of football is king, a statewide edict along those lines likely wouldn’t stick.
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Greg Riddle,
Dallas News,
20 Aug. 2021
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Galvan says the switch came in form of a conversation, rather than an edict from Belles.
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Theo MacKie,
The Arizona Republic,
9 Sep. 2022
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The edict comes just a month after the government lifted a curfew in place since March 2020.
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Reuters,
CNN,
23 Nov. 2021
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But Roosevelt coach Lane Wasinger didn’t just accept that edict.
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Los Angeles Times,
28 Dec. 2020
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Brown has an edict from Tampa Bay to be on his best behavior.
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Chris Bumbaca,
USA TODAY,
19 Nov. 2020
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And if the league can get to a 90% vaccination rate without a direct edict?
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Shawn Windsor,
Detroit Free Press,
4 Aug. 2021
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