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Example sentences for: decree

How can you use “decree” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

This decree is qualified by the condition that were anything to change, the museum’s contents would be sold off, with the proceeds going to Harvard University.
Nevertheless, over 500 school districts still operate to some extent under a federal desegregation decree.
2) Since the ruling only pertains to the consent decree, it doesn't hamper the broader case that Microsoft has violated basic antitrust law.
Giving them to some by decree is worse than unfair; it is ultimately corrupting to the whole ethic of achievement.
The act permits the Baby Bells to offer long-distance service--something the AT&T breakup decree had forbidden--but only after they have taken 14 specific steps to open up their own local phone markets.