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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:

Nevertheless, over 500 school districts still operate to some extent under a federal desegregation decree.
Some lawmakers who say they support women's rights say they voted no out of principle: the emir's decree undermined the house's authority.
Whatever the technical merits of the government's interpretation of the decree, you have to wonder what important public interest will be served if the government's case succeeds.
In 1872, one momentous decree abolished the 350-year-old institution of slavery in Puerto Rico, and in 1897 Spain cut the colonial ties and finally granted the island autonomy.
DOJ accuses Microsoft of violating a consent decree by leveraging Windows' 90-percent share of the computer-operating-system market to corner the browser market with its Internet Explorer.