mandatory
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Carson, the defending City Section Open Division champion, will have five mandatory days of acclimation, then hold an intrasquad scrimmage on Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Lieu, one of three co-chairs of the House Democratic Commission on AI, said the incident showed the need for mandatory safeguards as AI systems become more autonomous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Hilda Solis, in a statement, said she understood the frustration and concerns of residents, including those calling for a mandatory evacuation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The move extends mandatory life sentences to anyone who commits the manslaughter of an emergency worker on duty including police, prison officers, firefighters and paramedics.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The clubs fair was mandatory for the whole seventh grade.
From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead
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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
Bergstrom, of the sentencing commission, said the court rulings could be a chance to improve those mandatories that appear to remain popular - ones directed against violent crime - while scrutinizing those that don’t.
From Washington Times ● May 30, 2015
For if they are mandatories, we cannot deny that they may kill with their own hands; and nevertheless, not to speak of the other decisions cited above, Clar.
From The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book by Anonymous
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