as in forbidding
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as in ordering
to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority
the new supervisor decreed that thenceforth coffee breaks would have a 15-minute limit
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decreeing
Verb
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The Hamilton County Coroner's Office is requesting help finding the relatives of a man who died this week.—
Erin Couch,
The Enquirer,
24 Dec. 2024 -
By letter of December 13, the court accelerated the briefing schedule, requesting a final response by December 19.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
Verb
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But at - if - the - the government should not be mandating those.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2025
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If mandating fewer students in each class effectively requires the hiring of an unknown number of dud instructors, how do students benefit?—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The Purple One was not pleased when his band started asking questions.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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Harvick raised his voice about why the appeals process hadn't been made public, asking what is there to hide.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The star — who is also a dad to daughters Della Rose Joel, 9, and Remy Anne Joel, 7, with wife Alexis Roderick — is undergoing specific physical therapy under his doctor's instructions.—
Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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Clear instructions are included, no tools are required and this should be a five or 10 minute exercise that only needs to be done once.—
Brad Moon,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
Noun
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The broad prohibition also seems to work against Trump’s stated goal of bringing more jobs to America.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Some suffragists argued that immigrants opposed suffrage for women and prohibition, and therefore immigrant voting posed a threat to their agenda.—
Time,
Time,
19 May 2025
Noun
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With over 4 billion clinical notes and rich metadata, OMNY’s data trove unlocks insights buried deep in unstructured formats like physician dictations, discharge summaries, and imaging reports.—
Sindhya Valloppillil,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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The health system is one of the largest Epic shops in the country, and will co-develop an AI dictation feature directly within the electronic health record—merging Suki's ambient and dictation capabilities into a single solution.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Mahan has refused to back down, maintaining that making difficult decisions is necessary to steer San Jose in the right direction.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
26 May 2025
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Most days, there are between three and five clues in each direction on a five by five grid, but the puzzles are sometimes larger, especially on Saturdays.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
Noun
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At least 24 of the 32 teams had to be in lockstep with the proscription, and the vote fell just short with 10 teams reportedly opposing the ban.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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Recruitment, through ads and direct outreach to religious communities, proved difficult, especially for religions such as Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism; religious proscriptions against mind-altering substances may have played a role.—
Michael Pollan,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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“Decreeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decreeing. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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