mandate
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Shull’s mandate is to define the company’s monetization strategy as AI offerings evolve, incorporating feedback from sales representatives on the ground.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Mr. Warsh says he sees signs investors are confident the Fed will achieve its price-stability mandate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The effort to mandate stormwater permits has been discussed in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
If approved, the state would have a constitutional mandate to provide free lunches and breakfasts for all K-12 public school students.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Mom, in her way, had given me only one mandate for my year at Fullbrook: Make friends, James; you deserve them too.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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There has been an ongoing war between some employees and companies to circumvent the intent of return-to-office mandates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
We debate zoning, density and affordable-unit mandates as though changing the rules automatically produces homes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
When Congress first created the FTC in the 1910s, it recognized that the agency’s mandates of protecting consumers and fighting monopolies should not be overly swayed by partisan politics.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
The agreement also mandates a legally enforceable whistleblower protection policy, a comprehensive Survivor Bill of Rights, anonymous online reporting, and a prohibition on confidentiality agreements that silence survivors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 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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No banks have been formally mandated to handle the IPO, they said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Historically, it has been up to Congress to oversee monetary policy through a semiannual hearing mandated by law.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
The Big Board mandated that frequency for most listed companies in 1939.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
This represents just 2.7% of GDP by 2030, well short of the 3% mandated by Nato.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 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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Last month, Bass issued orders mandating Lineage remove all food waste within 45 days and mobilizing resources to assist the community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
It said this includes mandating tech firms ban those who post scams and prevent them from creating new accounts, as well as those who impersonate real businesses.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
One point of mandating U.S. stock-market exposure with the funds is to give future generations buy-ins on America’s economy.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
Just last week, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders fast-tracking quantum systems, mandating a research-ready quantum computer by 2028 and a government-wide migration to post-quantum cryptography by 2031.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
There may be some laws about this kind of communication, mandating a critical density and mass before it can function with efficiency.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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