mandatory
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The FAA has a mandatory retirement age of 65 for pilots operating aircraft for airlines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
In October, a Finnish authority ordered work on two of Google's data centre sites in the country halted until mandatory environmental impact assessments have been completed.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
If convicted, Mogambi faces a mandatory prison term of at least 10 years, according to the Justice Department.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
But this might be the year the Westside, South Bay and other coastal areas realize that A/C is now mandatory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Reducing the amount of time people spend behind bars—by eliminating harsh mandatory minimums—will alleviate some of the unnecessary suffering caused by this system, but it will not disturb the closed circuit.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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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
Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin said he believes the state’s justices will resurrect at least some of the mandatories.
From Washington Times ● May 30, 2015
He was compelled to admit the right of the British and French to take over the colonies as mandatories.
From Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. by Charles Seymour
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