mandatory
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There is no mandatory regulation of letting and managing agents in England.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
To reduce their power, the author suggested things like the reintroduction of mandatory retirement ages or the creation of a progressive tax on homes to encourage downsizing.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
"If it were up to me, there would be mandatory military service," said a mayor in Honduras who banned the battles.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
If reservoir levels continue to fall, it allows for larger mandatory water cuts of up to 3 million acre-feet per year in California, Arizona and Nevada — as much as 40% of the combined allotments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Voting in North Korea is not mandatory, but the government keeps close track of those who do not show up.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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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
Determinations for those mandatories can stay in the hands of judges, meaning that repeat offender statutes such as the state’s three strikes law remain constitutional.
From Washington Times ● May 30, 2015
He was compelled to admit the right of the British and French to take over the colonies as mandatories.
From Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. by Charles Seymour
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