mandates
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To date, almost all states have maintained their previous mandates or otherwise decoupled their policies from the federal recommendations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Standard procedure mandates that anyone suspected of smoke inhalation receives a bronchoscopic examination of their airways.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Changes to pension fund mandates and life-insurer trends have reduced their appetite for long-duration bonds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Mosengo‑Omba assured Infantino of Fecofa's "full support" would continue beyond 2027, recalling mandates renewed in Paris in 2019 and Kigali in 2023.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 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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