executive order
noun
: regulation sense 2b
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web President Biden’s executive order on digital assets earlier this year commissioned the reports, asking other agencies to also produce analysis. 
Andrew Duehren, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 The Biden administration issued an executive order on digital assets in March that calls, in part, for regulations on the industry. Fatima Hussein, ajc, 26 Aug. 2022 Executive Order 13526 is the currently operative executive order on national-security classification. Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2022 Woods and Towns traveled to the White House in Washington, D.C. to watch President Joe Biden sign an executive order on police reform on the second anniversary of George Floyd's killing. Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE.com, 28 July 2022 Take, for instance, President Joe Biden’s recent executive order on cryptocurrency. Julie Myers Wood, Forbes, 12 July 2022 Biden is only the latest president to sign an executive order on police reform. Time, 26 May 2022 President Biden signs an executive order on policing in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Stefan Becket, CBS News, 25 May 2022 President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on reforming police practices. Mark Murray, NBC News, 25 May 2022 See More
Andrew Duehren, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 The Biden administration issued an executive order on digital assets in March that calls, in part, for regulations on the industry. Fatima Hussein, ajc, 26 Aug. 2022 Executive Order 13526 is the currently operative executive order on national-security classification. Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2022 Woods and Towns traveled to the White House in Washington, D.C. to watch President Joe Biden sign an executive order on police reform on the second anniversary of George Floyd's killing. Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE.com, 28 July 2022 Take, for instance, President Joe Biden’s recent executive order on cryptocurrency. Julie Myers Wood, Forbes, 12 July 2022 Biden is only the latest president to sign an executive order on police reform. Time, 26 May 2022 President Biden signs an executive order on policing in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Stefan Becket, CBS News, 25 May 2022 President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on reforming police practices. Mark Murray, NBC News, 25 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1862, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
executive order
noun
: an order issued by a government's executive on the basis of authority specifically granted to the executive branch (as by the U.S. Constitution or a congressional act)
the National Security Agency was created by an executive order
compare proclamation, statute Note: An executive order from the president does not have the force of law until it is printed in the Federal Register.
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