mandatory
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To reduce their power, the author suggested things like the reintroduction of mandatory retirement ages or the creation of a progressive tax on homes to encourage downsizing.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Approval of new single-stock leveraged products has been put on hold, and a mandatory cash deposit required to trade them was tripled to roughly $21,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The plan allows for much larger mandatory cuts over the next decade if necessary to prevent the river’s drought-depleted reservoirs from reaching critically low levels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
When someone dies following police contact, it is mandatory for the case to be referred to the IOPC, which is now investigating.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
He knew there had been a mandatory evacuation in effect, and he assumed this had something to do with that.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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
A permanent commission shall be constituted to receive and examine the annual reports of the mandatories and to advise the Council on all matters relating to the observance of the mandates.
From Woodrow Wilson's Administration and Achievements by Frank B. Lord
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