mandate

Example Sentences

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This could be a Chapter IV mandate adopted by the United Nations Security Council, which includes permission to use force not just in self-defense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The Safer Skies Act expanded that mandate to roughly 18,000 law-enforcement agencies and 6,000 correctional facilities across the country.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Attorney General Dawda Jallow was quoted as saying that Hackett had a four-year mandate and was chosen from a wide selection of candidates.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

EY-Parthenon's Boussour said Friday's report will provide "a little bit of reassurance and a little bit of breathing room for the Fed to focus on the inflation side of their mandate in the coming months."

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

If a judge were to mandate the dissolution of the company, its factories would remain standing and its workers, accountants, managers and shareholders would continue to live—but Peugeot SA would immediately vanish.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari