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Example sentences for: decree

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Giving them to some by decree is worse than unfair; it is ultimately corrupting to the whole ethic of achievement.
The New York Times , Washington Post and Los Angeles Times each lead with the announcement by Janet Reno and her top anti-trust aide that the Department of Justice filed a federal lawsuit against Microsoft alleging that the company's current marketing practices are in violation of a 1995 consent decree it signed with the government.
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.
They were out together celebrating the settlement of their little tiff over that consent decree.
Eventually Galileo did sign a decree saying that the Earth sat at the center of the universe, while muttering, "Eppur si moeve" ("But it still moves") under his breath.