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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Bitcoin is by far the largest crypto token by market capitalization, and its proponents frequently tout it as a form of digital gold that can serve as a hedge against inflation-prone fiat currencies.
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Jack Kubinec, Fortune, 26 May 2026
Converting crypto into usable fiat (money and currencies issued by governments) had been marketed as instant and borderless.
—Amy Guttman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Anthropic is suing the Defense Department and the relevant federal agencies to undo the fiats.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026
Plus, this digital fiat currency has the price certainty of a traditional bank account.
—Malana Vantyler, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
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Jack Kubinec, Fortune, 26 May 2026
Converting crypto into usable fiat (money and currencies issued by governments) had been marketed as instant and borderless.
—Amy Guttman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Anthropic is suing the Defense Department and the relevant federal agencies to undo the fiats.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026
Plus, this digital fiat currency has the price certainty of a traditional bank account.
—Malana Vantyler, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Fiat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiat. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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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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