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Example sentences for: decree

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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.
Felipe II’s royal decree was based entirely on geography: the idea being that Madrid, smack in the center of Iberia, would promote centralized authority over regional power bases in a newly unified Spain.
The Washington Post reports that the decree "effectively ends the careers of two of the most prominent gay rights advocates within the Catholic Church."
A later decree gave Acapulco exclusivity as the only authorized port on the Pacific coast, and for 200 years, it was the unrivaled trading center of Pacific Mexico.
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.