Many of the programmers in the company giggled, since it sounded like management thought they could reduce the bug count by executive fiat.
Others deplored it as presidential tinkering with history via executive fiat.
Simply because Roosevelt presided at this point of our history does not automatically mean he controlled immigration by executive fiat.
But sometimes you don't have the power to create change in your organization by executive fiat.
It was only through executive fiat that Zenger was brought to trial.
But ours is a government of laws, not of executive fiats.
In a spirit of fervent nationalism he advocates government by executive fiat.
The normal routine of government has been upended for the summer, with the governor keeping essential services running by executive fiat.
He then chose to impose the fees by executive fiat, but has now abandoned even that strategy.
It was an act of executive fiat, imposed without even consulting Congress.