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mandate

[man-dayt] / ˈmæn deɪt /


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Burnham has to wait to win his own mandate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

In his speech, ap Iorwerth will say the election "delivered a clear mandate from the people of Wales for positive change that makes a tangible difference to their lives".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Reaching the stage at which supervisors mandate terms is rare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Speaking after a meeting with the country's prime minister Albin Kurti, von der Leyen said the court's "mandate must be fully respected".

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Mom, in her way, had given me only one mandate for my year at Fullbrook: Make friends, James; you deserve them too.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

Licensing, testing mandates and the regulatory machinery surrounding them impose costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 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

These mandates have helped draw growing quantities of domestic soybean oil toward biomass-based diesel production.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Texas once had renewable mandates but eliminated them.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 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 agency said its available funding had fallen from $5.2 billion in 2024 to $3.9 billion in 2025, while the number of people it is mandated to protect is hovering around historically high levels.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

In a section called Transparency, the agreement mandated annual reports to the city that are supposed to include a range of disclosures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Tobacco companies have long complained that the agency’s review process is much slower than the roughly six months mandated by Congress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 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

They are mandated by the Beauty Minister to look this way.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

When Congress passed legislation mandating disclosure of foreign gifts to colleges and universities, it didn’t include the names of individual donors as part of what is to be released.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

In the last decade, states have started mandating individual meters in multifamily buildings; in 2018, California began requiring that water submeters be installed in newly constructed residences with two or more units.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

They also house blood samples taken from most infants born in the United States since the late sixties, when states started mandating the screening of all newborns for genetic diseases.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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