mandate
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Setting the economy's key interest rate is the Fed's main tool in addressing its dual mandate.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Leano said the mayor also can’t unilaterally mandate people receiving city-funded housing assistance enter treatment.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
There are regulatory rules that mandate investment banks not show favoritism to clients, but there is also a lot of leeway.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
“You can’t legislate that, you can’t mandate it, but I think if you ask people, ‘Could we be better?’—I think you won’t get a better result unless you make the ask.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
It was as if the teachers, many of whom were white, had been given a mandate.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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