mandate
Example Sentences
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The prime minister himself would oversee a committee that would determine the investigation’s mandate.
That led to clashes between clan-based factions after he failed to organise parliamentary and presidential elections before his mandate expired.
From Barron's
Congress voted overwhelmingly in November to mandate the disclosure of records relating to Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, including immunity deals and internal agency communications.
It also heaps green industrial-policy mandates on the rest of the auto supply chain.
Congress passed a law mandating the files be released in their entirety by 19 December.
From BBC
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