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mandate

[man-dayt] / ˈmæn deɪt /


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“Every company has an ethics mandate, and Nvidia is no exception to that.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

While Barkin said the risk lies on the inflation side of the Fed’s dual mandate should the economy remain on its current path, he also laid out risk scenarios to the maximum employment side.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

The brutally angular design was rumored to have sprung directly from the mind of Musk himself, with the mandate to the Tesla design team to make it so.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026

If he comes up short, Herzog can provide a 14-day extension before he has to offer the mandate to someone else.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026

But none of those involved with the group at that early stage could have predicted how far Fuller would push that mandate.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

As the new federal mandates seek to shed light on some sources of revenue, PBMs are pivoting to new ones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

When mandates are in place, both women and men take the classes, she added.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

It mandates that owners of the nearly 200 horses would not be allowed to sell them for slaughter or for the purposes of other horse-carriage businesses.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Under the strict mandates of the Windsor Framework, these regulatory shifts also mean heavy administrative and logistical costs.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 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 Pacific Merchant Shipping Association raised alarms last month after CARB’s mandated technology resulted in a port accident that nearly killed several workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Jails: In 2020, 57% of county voters approved Measure J. This mandated that at least 10% of locally generated, unrestricted revenue be allocated to incarceration alternatives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

The 30-day yields are calculations mandated by the Securities and Exchange Commission for investors to use when comparing funds’ dividend yields.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

She worried about the route that authorities had mandated for the demonstration in Paris, pointing out that parts of it were "extremely narrow" and that it passed by a gas station.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

There are many reasons for the inclusion of diversity in education, not the least of which is a mandated curriculum in many school districts.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

The state also does not have a law in place mandating runoff elections.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

Ohio’s legislature also passed a new law mandating chip cards for benefits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

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

Some countries - like the UK - are exploring the idea of mandating some kind of "kill switch" that could compel AI firms to pull the plug on models if things get out of hand.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

There may be some laws about this kind of communication, mandating a critical density and mass before it can function with efficiency.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas


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