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“It just is basically infeasible to imagine that this scale of restoration could happen” without the state handling it, Hamann said, citing its legal access and mandate to do the work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

The nearby Irkutsk Aluminum Factory, which is located in the same town and employs more than 2,000 people, has imposed a masking mandate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Still, Dallas president Lorie Logan warned: "I currently estimate the target range needs to rise an additional 50 basis points or more to appropriately balance the outlook and risks for our dual mandate goals."

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

That steadiness has allowed the Fed to focus on the inflation side of its mandate.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

"You really should have a moon manicure. I'll have my nail attendant do one for you. When I am regent queen, I will mandate it. Even for Belles. Everything about a person should be beautiful."

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

They are both members of the north Atlantic defence alliance, which mandates members to defend a fellow member-nation should they be attacked.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The city must add 11,760 residential units by the end of the decade to meet state housing mandates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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

U.S. export controls and Chinese government mandates urging local tech companies to use domestic alternatives have boosted revenue for companies like Enflame, but its earnings have been dragged into the red by high research-and-development costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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

These may be sold at price discounts as managers of longer-term funds are forced to sell before maturity in order to keep their portfolios’ durations above their own mandated levels.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

Following a lawsuit, the measure was blocked by a federal judge who ordered that the services, which were mandated by a 2008 law, be maintained.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Moscow has mandated that businesses take steps to protect themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

"I would love to see them go much further - something mandated, a minimum on the pitch at any one time," the Guardian's Garry told BBC Women's Football Weekly.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The bill created dozens of new federal capital crimes, mandated life sentences for some “three-strikers,” and authorized more than $16 billion for state prison grants and expansion of state and local police forces.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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

As part of its vote, the council also approved an amendment introduced by Councilmember Adrin Nazarian recommending the city attorney assess potential legal liabilities for mandating in-person training requirements.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Both Heathrow and Gatwick, for example, have moved away from mandating minimum distances between incoming aircraft in favour of a system which continually calculates spacing times based on wind speeds and aircraft types.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Four states — California, Delaware, Colorado and Hawaii — are now mandating that students take a semester-long personal-finance course before graduating.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

A final consideration mandating complex organization for large societies has to do with population densities.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond