mandate
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Facing risks at home and abroad, and tasked with an expanded mandate that includes growth, the job of being BI governor has rarely looked more difficult.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
After they selected a piece by established L.A. artist Edgar Arceneaux, Ryan urged the group to revisit MAC3’s mandate to support a broad range of local artists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Higher crude oil prices could also boost palm oil demand for biodiesel, while Indonesia’s B50 biodiesel mandate is expected to provide additional structural support, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
As executive chairman of Apple's board, the company has said Cook's mandate includes engaging policymakers around the world.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
It has a mandate from Congress to control human disease.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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It mandates that immigrant and other detainees are afforded privacy, safety, hygienic living conditions and other rights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
They are both members of the north Atlantic defence alliance, which mandates members to defend a fellow member-nation should they be attacked.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Transaction charges are the main contributor of NSE’s revenue, making the exchange sensitive to any regulatory mandates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
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
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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Last month, the government rolled out austerity measures to conserve fuel, including a ban on official foreign travel, and mandated early market closures, as well as a new fuel subsidy for low-income groups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
These may be sold at price discounts as managers of longer-term funds are forced to sell before maturity in order to keep their portfolios’ durations above their own mandated levels.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Governing body the FIA said this was caused by a combination of the weather, low speed, the mandated wet-weather energy management settings and the circuit layout.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
In a section called Transparency, the agreement mandated annual reports to the city that are supposed to include a range of disclosures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
The federal government mandated high-stakes testing as part of the No Child Left Behind law, signed by President Bush in 2002.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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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
Some countries - like the UK - are exploring the idea of mandating some kind of "kill switch" that could compel AI firms to pull the plug on models if things get out of hand.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 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 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
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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