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mandates

NOUN

authority, order

Synonyms

STRONGEST

authorization command decree directive injunction instruction sanction

STRONG

behest bidding charge commission dictate edict fiat go-ahead imperative okay precept warrant word

WEAK

blank check carte blanche green light

Antonyms

STRONG

breach break denial question refusal request veto

Example Sentences

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But the city’s hotels have been struggling under hefty wage mandates and taxes, as well as declining business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Even though the federal government mandates coverage of preventive colonoscopies and stool tests at no cost to the patient, money can still be a reason why people put off getting screened.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

More recently, schools have been re-tightening test mandates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

That means any move to prematurely end the mandates of lawmakers before November this year would be considered invalid.

From BBC • May 25, 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