mandatory

Some firms impose mandatory retirement ages, typically around 65, or offer generous pension packages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

That also happens to be the Federal Aviation Administration’s mandatory retirement age for pilots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

An artificial intelligence "kill switch" which can be checked by a third-party may need to be mandatory for companies, a co-founder of one of the world's largest AI firms has said.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

When the state’s three-strikes law still imposed mandatory life sentences on anyone with two or more prior convictions for violent felonies, California needed places like Susanville to put its skyrocketing prison population.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

This was an art school, and the writing workshop was commonly known as the easiest way to fulfill one's mandatory English credits.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

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