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The cooling kit is not mandatory, but any driver who chooses not to use it has to carry 5kg of ballast in their car to ensure they do not have a competitive advantage.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

The White House has stopped short of instituting mandatory regulations, instead calling prerelease testing voluntary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

For example, Meta’s settlement gives teens the option to pick a non-algorithmic feed and turn off autoplay but, unlike in the legislation, it’s not mandatory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

That’s three to four years of coursework and clinical practice, followed by a mandatory one-year full-time internship.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

One year after he joined, Karl began to skip the mandatory meetings, a decision that angered his unit leader.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

By giving up the belts, he is stepping away from mandatories, the politics and the pressure to keep defending against whoever is next in line.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

There is also the issue of Usyk's mandatories, which could throw up one particularly eye-catching encounter.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2022

Instead he has dealt with a string of decent but unspectacular mandatories in Hagler-esque fashion as they have shuffled tentatively into his range.

From The Guardian ● May 9, 2016

Not all mandatories are affected, since many were already decided solely by the jury, as the U.S.

From Washington Times ● May 30, 2015

The people always reserves the right to cooperate with its mandatories, which right it practices daily in the galleries.

From The French Revolution - Volume 2 by John Durand