mandatory

The government policy, which came into effect from 1 September, restricts mandatory uniform items with school logos to three for primary schools and four for secondary schools, with the latter including ties.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

For example, Meta’s settlement gives teens the option to pick a non-algorithmic feed and turn off autoplay but, unlike in the legislation, it’s not mandatory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

That’s three to four years of coursework and clinical practice, followed by a mandatory one-year full-time internship.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Authorities also expanded a mandatory online training course for individual investors that explains the risks and tracks mock investments through hours of trading exercises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

He was given a mandatory death-in-prison sentence after his jury was illegally told that he had to prove his innocence beyond a reasonable doubt and the State introduced impermissible evidence.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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

Assistant District Attorney Tatum Wilson, who prosecuted Davis, calculates that the four- to eight-year prison term he received is half of what he may have gotten if his mandatories were still on the table.

From Washington Times ● May 30, 2015

As stated elsewhere, his first impulse would seem to have been to appoint mandatories to administer the territories severed from Russia.

From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Emile Joseph Dillon