as in instruction
a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned
the boss left behind a list of commandments for running the office while he was away
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Recent Examples of commandment
What started out as a thrifty practice has become an unofficial commandment of Southern kitchens—don't waste one drop of tasty bacon grease.
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Josh Miller, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025
The commandment to welcome the stranger – reminding Jews of their own experience as strangers – is repeated more than any other commandment in the Torah.
—Sophie Hills, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2025
The ninth commandment instructs us not to bear false witness.
—Mark Sandy, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
These early church leaders consider biblical passages, including commandments in the Hebrew Bible, to welcome strangers.
—Laura E. Alexander, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2025
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Josh Miller, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025
The commandment to welcome the stranger – reminding Jews of their own experience as strangers – is repeated more than any other commandment in the Torah.
—Sophie Hills, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2025
The ninth commandment instructs us not to bear false witness.
—Mark Sandy, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
These early church leaders consider biblical passages, including commandments in the Hebrew Bible, to welcome strangers.
—Laura E. Alexander, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for commandment
Noun
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If the user follows these instructions, the command downloads and runs the malicious file known as Atomic macOS Stealer (AMOS).—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2025
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Murphy brought the jury back into the courtroom and read them the Allen charge, a set of instructions given to a jury that believe it’s deadlocked.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2025
Noun
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Doctors and other health care providers across the VA have been left scrambling and short-staffed amid an ever-shifting series of cuts, hiring freezes and other edicts from the White House.—
Eric Umansky,
ProPublica,
6 May 2025
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For most of her two-year Stanford career, Canady hadn’t been able to talk frankly with the softball staff because of an edict from Stanford administrators.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Noun
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises residents in areas with excessive heat to wear light clothing, drink lots of water, use their air conditioning and avoid from exerting themselves outside in order to prevent heat exhaustion or heat stroke.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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Due to the sheer size of Berkshire's equity portfolio, recently standing at some $275 billion worth of stock, any bet would usually have to amount to billions of dollars in order to have an effect on returns, and that could easily take months to build.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
18 May 2025
Noun
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There’s currently an injunction against its enforcement on camping laws after Disability Rights Oregon sued the city.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
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The agreement would also vacate an injunction barring the company from committing further violations.—
Olivia Rubin,
ABC News,
9 May 2025
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After Trump issued an executive order calling for the effective shuttering of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, DOGE took part in carrying out that directive.—
Stephen Fowler,
NPR,
17 May 2025
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The directive created tiers of nations with different access to cutting edge chips, and sought to limit how many chips Saudi Arabia and the UAE could buy.—
Will Knight,
Wired News,
15 May 2025
Noun
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Navigators calculate their position by keeping track of their starting point, direction, speed and time at sea.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
14 May 2025
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These aneurysms tend to develop in areas where blood vessels branch off in two directions.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
14 May 2025
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“Commandment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commandment. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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