mandate
Example Sentences
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As well as conventional armed forces and well-armed police, there is the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, with an explicit mandate to protect the regime at home and abroad.
From BBC
The ballot measure will make significant changes to how Californians vote, and enact new mandates on county elections officials.
From Los Angeles Times
The company was chosen during the district’s legally mandated contract bidding process, he said.
From Los Angeles Times
"I was brought in as an independent chair on a mandate of change," he told the committee.
From BBC
A year earlier, President Dwight D. Eisenhower had issued an executive order mandating equal opportunities for all citizens in federal offices.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
