mandate
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Congress also repealed a California mandate requiring all new cars sold in the state to be electric by 2035.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
“Every company has an ethics mandate, and Nvidia is no exception to that.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 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
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has declared his right-wing coalition secured a mandate to form the next government -- while conceding results remained too close to call definitively.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
For the West Computers, it was by mandate.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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The judge is expected to decide if Wong's offence is of a "grave nature", and if so, the security law mandates a prison stint of between 10 years and life.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
When mandates are in place, both women and men take the classes, she added.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Meantime, Gov. Kathy Hochul has tried to head off a backlash over New York’s soaring electric bills by delaying her state’s CO2 emissions mandates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 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
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That is below a legally mandated target for 70 percent by November 1.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 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
Countries, including Poland, Norway and the Netherlands, have mandated similar rules to "boost the economic benefit from defence procurement", the statement continued.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Now she often hears about a mandated ratio of sober party attendees for every event, typically one for every 25 people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
The federal government mandated high-stakes testing as part of the No Child Left Behind law, signed by President Bush in 2002.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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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
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
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
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