mandates

Example Sentences

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“Cities may not like it, but the state mandates make sense.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The JAA also mandates annual climate surveys: Quantifying the scope of these problems is the first step toward crafting effective solutions.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

Even though the federal government mandates coverage of preventive colonoscopies and stool tests at no cost to the patient, money can still be a reason why people put off getting screened.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

That means any move to prematurely end the mandates of lawmakers before November this year would be considered invalid.

From BBC • May 25, 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