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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:

In the mid-19th century, free port status was granted by royal decree to one port in each of the islands (two in Tenerife).
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 WP 's lead reveals that last January, as part of an attempt to woo a potential head of the Democratic National Committee, President Clinton had agreed to decree that the DNC would no longer accept "soft money."
The most concise is in USAT , which says that a section of the 1995 consent decree "bans Microsoft from signing licensing agreements that force PC makers to also license other Microsoft products.
For Microsoft, acceding to the consent decree was just the beginning.