mandatory
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That also happens to be the Federal Aviation Administration’s mandatory retirement age for pilots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
He also was compensated for a mandatory "waiting period" following his departure from government.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
That changed on July 28, when Nikol Stelmashvski, an Israeli who recently finished her mandatory military service, posted a 20-photo carousel on her Instagram account, including the image of herself smiling alongside Mahmoud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
In-person training became mandatory at the school only after her son’s death, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
After a half hour of mandatory singing, they marched off to their assigned farms.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
By giving up the belts, he is stepping away from mandatories, the politics and the pressure to keep defending against whoever is next in line.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
There is also the issue of Usyk's mandatories, which could throw up one particularly eye-catching encounter.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2022
Instead he has dealt with a string of decent but unspectacular mandatories in Hagler-esque fashion as they have shuffled tentatively into his range.
From The Guardian ● May 9, 2016
Statistics from 2014 show a drop in mandatories that appears to track the court decisions.
From Washington Times ● May 30, 2015
The people always reserves the right to cooperate with its mandatories, which right it practices daily in the galleries.
From The French Revolution - Volume 2 by John Durand
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