mandate

Recalling my therapist’s mandate, I didn’t answer right away.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

It added member clubs had already provided "a mandate to lobby for appropriate reform" which had "not kept pace with significant developments in stadium management, safety and stewarding".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

General Motors, Mazda, Toyota, Kia and Hyundai already mandate how low their dealers’ advertised prices can go, among others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

We also created a database mandate where landlords had to tell the city when they were evicting someone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 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

Licensing, testing mandates and the regulatory machinery surrounding them impose costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Soybeans feed livestock and humans, but their oil also flows into an energy economy shaped by several decades of federal renewable-fuel mandates.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Constitution mandates that states deliver fugitives upon proper demand—though it does not provide a time frame for a response—the judge’s hands were tied.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

Return-to-office mandates also have hiring managers more focused on candidates’ personalities.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

Referring to them as sacred might feel uncomfortable, because the First Amendment of the Constitution tells us that this nation legally mandates separation of church and state.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

The agency said its available funding had fallen from $5.2 billion in 2024 to $3.9 billion in 2025, while the number of people it is mandated to protect is hovering around historically high levels.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Moscow has mandated that businesses take steps to protect themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

“This alleged act was witnessed by multiple people, including mandated reporters.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Quarantine rules can send a child home for days or weeks, causing a ripple effect on childcare responsibilities for parents in a country that does not have federally mandated paid sick time.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

They walked nonchalantly and talked tough, explaining how the hour-long recreation period was mandated by the courts.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

They have also tried to stop poorly equipped climbers from summitting and mandating that visitors spend at least one night at one of the huts on the trails.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

When Congress passed legislation mandating disclosure of foreign gifts to colleges and universities, it didn’t include the names of individual donors as part of what is to be released.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

In the last decade, states have started mandating individual meters in multifamily buildings; in 2018, California began requiring that water submeters be installed in newly constructed residences with two or more units.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

The confusion that ensued became a "catalyst" for modern regulations mandating better flotation equipment on planes and preflight briefings on how to use it, aviation safety expert John Cox told AP.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

They also house blood samples taken from most infants born in the United States since the late sixties, when states started mandating the screening of all newborns for genetic diseases.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot