Examples of fiat in a Sentence
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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Bitcoin is a digital currency and virtual payment system designed to exist outside the control of any central entity, in contrast to fiat currencies which are controlled by governments, like the U.S. dollar or the Swiss franc.
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Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Even cautious investors might view that as a valuable diversification tool, sitting between the extremes of fiat savings and direct bitcoin speculation.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Perhaps the next Democratic president can call climate change a war and then just impose the Green New Deal by fiat.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2025
These platforms will likely focus on seamless fiat on/off ramps for businesses, cross-chain stablecoin liquidity, compliance tools for enterprise stablecoin usage, integration with existing payment processors, and support for multiple stablecoin types.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Even cautious investors might view that as a valuable diversification tool, sitting between the extremes of fiat savings and direct bitcoin speculation.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Perhaps the next Democratic president can call climate change a war and then just impose the Green New Deal by fiat.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2025
These platforms will likely focus on seamless fiat on/off ramps for businesses, cross-chain stablecoin liquidity, compliance tools for enterprise stablecoin usage, integration with existing payment processors, and support for multiple stablecoin types.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Fiat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiat. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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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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