Examples of fiat in a Sentence
He runs the company by fiat.
the school principal issued a fiat that caps were not to be worn inside the school, and that was that
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Coming from someone who helped architect modern digital payments, the statement underscores a generational shift away from fiat rails and toward decentralized value transfer.
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Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Unlike volatile digital assets like bitcoin, the value of stablecoins is tied to a real-world asset like fiat currencies or commodities like gold.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 22 May 2025
Many stablecoins are also backed by reserves of fiat currency or other assets like U.S. Treasuries.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 21 May 2025
Where the very meaning of gender is codified in clothing and hair — facial or flowing — as well as by fiat.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Unlike volatile digital assets like bitcoin, the value of stablecoins is tied to a real-world asset like fiat currencies or commodities like gold.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 22 May 2025
Many stablecoins are also backed by reserves of fiat currency or other assets like U.S. Treasuries.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 21 May 2025
Where the very meaning of gender is codified in clothing and hair — facial or flowing — as well as by fiat.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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“Fiat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiat. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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fiat
noun
fi·at
ˈfē-ˌät, -ˌat, -ət; ˈfī-ˌat 
1
: decree
2
: an authoritative but arbitrary order
a brazen act of judicial fiat—L. H. Tribe
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