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mandatory

[man-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈmæn dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /


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The union pointed to a motion written by Councilmember Heather Hutt and Councilmember Park in May, which sought to explore giving firefighters extra pension credit for mandatory overtime.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

The review also recommended "mandatory, time-bound AI safety reporting" of hacks.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Artificial intelligence companies will have to abide by new "mandatory" safeguards when operating in Australia, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

Users of these executive agents say human oversight remains mandatory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Other nations rush to pass mandatory Mind’s Eye legislation, and in a matter of months every person on Earth is living in a fantasy world.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

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

Statistics from 2014 show a drop in mandatories that appears to track the court decisions.

From Washington Times ● May 30, 2015

We, the regular mandatories, we cannot avow a transaction with insurgents.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary


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