mandate
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The center-right Paz, who took office in November with a mandate to fix a severe fuel and currency crisis, named economist Christian Morales to replace ousted Jose Gabriel Espinoza.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
That stance soothed the market’s angst, but industry observers are still watching to see how DSI carries out its mandate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
"We have seven months left of this mandate, we have important decisions that need made and important legislation coming before us," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Others described the rule as a “one-size-fits-all” mandate that lacks resources and considerations for local residents and municipalities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Maybe there was a UN mandate that calling an animal endangered worked like clicking ruby slippers, and meant they’d have to drop everything and whisk us to safety.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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"International courts and tribunals must be able to freely carry out their mandates," he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Return-to-office mandates also have hiring managers more focused on candidates’ personalities.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
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
Michigan no longer mandates the SAT or ACT for undergraduate admissions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 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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Their final request was that the treatment mandated after the medical assessment "be provided without delay".
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
He thinks Doximity is in a strong position “as AI clinical evidence usage evolves from a bottoms-up, personal, physician-by-physician usage to a top-down, health system mandated tool usage strategy.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
It said it tightened its seller vetting process, introduced a policy to reimburse buyers who win high-value items that sellers fail to deliver and mandated that all repack boxes be manufacturer-sealed and verified before sale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Lawmakers were denied entry when they tried to perform their mandated oversight duties at immigrant detention facilities.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
He had disrupted commencement ceremonies by deliberately wearing a gold cap and gown, and the principal had threatened to bar him unless he changed into the mandated blue ones.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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In July, a federal judge ordered ICE to institute sweeping changes at the Adelanto center, mandating improvements in the provision of water, food, sanitation and medical care.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
It said this includes mandating tech firms ban those who post scams and prevent them from creating new accounts, as well as those who impersonate real businesses.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Originally a state-owned enterprise, Air Canada remains legally bound by the country’s Official Languages Act, mandating bilingualism in its service and communications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
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
That research, and other investigations like it, led to changes in air traffic regulations, mandating minimum distances between flight paths so as to prevent that kind of wake turbulence accident.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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