in a/the decree
Frequency: 6.47.5 per million words
Used to specify something contained within a decree.
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- In an emergency decree, the government banned all rallies.
- The new regulations were outlined in the presidential decree.
- In a recent decree, the king declared a national holiday.
- All the specific terms of the settlement are detailed in the court's final decree.
- The changes to the church's doctrine were formally announced in a papal decree.
- As stipulated in the decree, all foreign assets were to be frozen immediately.
- Citizens found the new tax law, published in a government decree, to be highly controversial.
- The military junta laid out its new rules for public conduct in its very first decree.
- You will find the exact date of implementation specified in the decree itself.
- The sanctions, detailed in an executive decree, targeted several foreign officials.