mandates
Example Sentences
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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
Soybeans feed livestock and humans, but their oil also flows into an energy economy shaped by several decades of federal renewable-fuel mandates.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Texas once had renewable mandates but eliminated them.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Constitution mandates that states deliver fugitives upon proper demand—though it does not provide a time frame for a response—the judge’s hands were tied.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 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
