mandated
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The agency said its available funding had fallen from $5.2 billion in 2024 to $3.9 billion in 2025, while the number of people it is mandated to protect is hovering around historically high levels.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
Tobacco companies have long complained that the FDA review process for their new products regularly takes much longer than the around six months mandated by Congress—sometimes even taking years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Quarantine rules can send a child home for days or weeks, causing a ripple effect on childcare responsibilities for parents in a country that does not have federally mandated paid sick time.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
National Climate Assessments are Congressionally mandated reports composed by hundreds of scientists and researchers and have been published every four years since 1990.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
This was a radical departure from Fitzsimmons’s regular training practices, which mandated that exercise riders never use whips on their horses.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
