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mandate

[man-deyt] / ˈmæn deɪt /


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Under labor laws in the Canadian province of Ontario, the union would have to a vote among its members to pursue a strike mandate.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

"Should you mandate for companies to definitely have a kill switch? Is that kill switch verifiable by a third party?" he asked.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Warsh has advocated in the past for lower interest rates due to expected productivity gains from AI technology, but in recent weeks he has doubled down on the Fed's mandate to bring inflation down.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

Florida also has no renewable mandate and continues adding solar rapidly.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

For the West Computers, it was by mandate.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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

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

"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

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

Quarantine rules can send a child home for days or weeks, causing a ripple effect on childcare responsibilities for parents in a country that does not have federally mandated paid sick time.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

National Climate Assessments are Congressionally mandated reports composed by hundreds of scientists and researchers and have been published every four years since 1990.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

"Social media companies are clearly flouting Indian laws by not reporting child sexual abuse content to Indian law enforcement agencies as mandated by our child protection laws," said Ribhu.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

U.S. financial institutions say they work closely with the Treasury to enforce sanctions, including by filing legally mandated reports on any suspicious activity that could be linked to Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

The medical discoveries made by such brilliant scientists as Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch led to procedures such as vaccination and measures such as quarantines that, when mandated by the government, saved millions of lives.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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

Both Heathrow and Gatwick, for example, have moved away from mandating minimum distances between incoming aircraft in favour of a system which continually calculates spacing times based on wind speeds and aircraft types.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

Four states — California, Delaware, Colorado and Hawaii — are now mandating that students take a semester-long personal-finance course before graduating.

From MarketWatch Sep. 4, 2026

In New Hampshire and Michigan, parents have had success increasing recess in some schools and are pushing for state laws mandating it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 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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