mandate
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Airlines had been responsible for airport screening and were all too happy to be relieved of this unfunded mandate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The Safer Skies Act expanded that mandate to roughly 18,000 law-enforcement agencies and 6,000 correctional facilities across the country.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
Attorney General Dawda Jallow was quoted as saying that Hackett had a four-year mandate and was chosen from a wide selection of candidates.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
EY-Parthenon's Boussour said Friday's report will provide "a little bit of reassurance and a little bit of breathing room for the Fed to focus on the inflation side of their mandate in the coming months."
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
He returned to America in time to be elected the first vice president of the United States, which most observers, including Adams himself, interpreted as a popular mandate on his historical contribution to independence.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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