mandatory

Together, they have made the phone feel less like a personal possession and more like mandatory civic infrastructure.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

Lawyers for the Alexanders argued that a sentence of 15 years, the mandatory minimum required by law, in prison was sufficient.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

AI agents should be equipped with "safety brakes" that users could activate in the event of an incident and AI providers should face mandatory incident-reporting obligations, he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Alabama, Florida and Georgia all declared states of emergency ahead of its arrival, while both Florida and Alabama issued mandatory evacuation orders to thousands of people.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

This was an art school, and the writing workshop was commonly known as the easiest way to fulfill one's mandatory English credits.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

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

That runs counter to the method Pennsylvania uses with many of its mandatories, which leave those findings in the hands of judges using a lower standard of evidence.

From Washington Times ● May 30, 2015

The way in which the mandatories and the mandated conceive that time will influence deeply their relations.

From Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann