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mandatory

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


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Programs are required to take a mandatory two-week summer break.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

It is being priced at $50 a share, in line with the standard price of mandatory converts.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

More unusually, Pratt says he will put homeless residents into mandatory rehab facilities that he will construct on federal land.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

Jurisdiction Again, make sure the VPN provider isn’t based in a country with mandatory data retention laws or one that has signed up to international data-sharing agreements.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Under federal sentencing guidelines, however, the sentencing judge was obligated to impose a fifty-five-year mandatory minimum sentence.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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