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mandate

[man-deyt] / ˈmæn deɪt /


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Even with this mandate, private credit could offer valuable financing opportunities for borrowers and attractive long-term assets for insurers.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

A simpler and more effective solution would be for state insurance regulators to mandate public disclosure of all ratings of private credit, along with explanations on how they were determined.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

“I would put a lot of money on OpenAI winning back the mandate of heaven a bit from Anthropic.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

The effort to mandate stormwater permits has been discussed in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

The Army does not exactly have a mandate to fight viruses on American soil.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

There has been an ongoing war between some employees and companies to circumvent the intent of return-to-office mandates.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Kim says the expected ADR premium is likely to be driven by factors including mandates to major institutional investors to own only U.S. listed stocks and the potential narrow valution discount versus Micron and Nvidia.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

The rules on the use of European Parliament allowances are notoriously vague, and there’s conceivably overlap between how a political party carries out its national and European mandates.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

When Congress first created the FTC in the 1910s, it recognized that the agency’s mandates of protecting consumers and fighting monopolies should not be overly swayed by partisan politics.

From Slate Jun. 29, 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

Lawmakers were denied entry when they tried to perform their mandated oversight duties at immigrant detention facilities.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

"These are issues that airports are mandated to manage by the government and local authorities," they said.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Historically, it has been up to Congress to oversee monetary policy through a semiannual hearing mandated by law.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

Over the decades, scandal-ridden corporations have hidden fraudulent behavior in the interstices between mandated disclosures—think Enron, WorldCom and Tyco, among others.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

During the 1988-89 school year, Odessa High also had a greater percentage of students than Permian pass the state- mandated test in math and English that was required for a diploma.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

One point of mandating U.S. stock-market exposure with the funds is to give future generations buy-ins on America’s economy.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

Just last week, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders fast-tracking quantum systems, mandating a research-ready quantum computer by 2028 and a government-wide migration to post-quantum cryptography by 2031.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

In April, a federal appeals court upheld the law mandating the display after a legal challenge.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

It explicitly prohibits interpreting the executive order as mandating licensing or preclearance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

There may be some laws about this kind of communication, mandating a critical density and mass before it can function with efficiency.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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