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mandatory

[man-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈmæn dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /


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The measures would include "mandatory" reporting of AI security breaches and the independent evaluation of frontier AI models, Albanese said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

The measures include a mandatory code of conduct for heating oil suppliers and giving the Consumer Council an enhanced role in helping consumers resolve disputes.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

The following year, the group rallied more than 100,000 people to protest against Hong Kong's plans to implement mandatory "patriotic education" in schools, forcing the authorities to back down.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Among the author’s valuable if broad recommendations, he urges legislation that would establish mandatory follow-up care after the treatment of serious mental illness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Henceforth, if one aspired to be considered a member of the Himalayan elite, eschewing bottled oxygen was mandatory.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

By giving up the belts, he is stepping away from mandatories, the politics and the pressure to keep defending against whoever is next in line.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

There is also the issue of Usyk's mandatories, which could throw up one particularly eye-catching encounter.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2022

Instead he has dealt with a string of decent but unspectacular mandatories in Hagler-esque fashion as they have shuffled tentatively into his range.

From The Guardian ● May 9, 2016

Assistant District Attorney Tatum Wilson, who prosecuted Davis, calculates that the four- to eight-year prison term he received is half of what he may have gotten if his mandatories were still on the table.

From Washington Times ● May 30, 2015

Ferreted out by his mandatories, threatened with arrest by the Council, this Greek chose the lesser danger, and re-entered the Hôtel-de-Ville in mincing attitude.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary


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