mandatory
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The Federal Trade Commission has been cracking down on longtime car-dealer tactics like advertising prices that fail to disclose mandatory fees and add-ons, with dealers and third-party sites like Cars.com and Autotrader.com scrambling to comply.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark later told the BBC that a "kill switch" controlled by a third party may need to be mandatory for the industry.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
That also happens to be the Federal Aviation Administration’s mandatory retirement age for pilots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
That changed on July 28, when Nikol Stelmashvski, an Israeli who recently finished her mandatory military service, posted a 20-photo carousel on her Instagram account, including the image of herself smiling alongside Mahmoud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
“There’s a mandatory evacuation. First time in New Orleans history.”
From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis
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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
Not all mandatories are affected, since many were already decided solely by the jury, as the U.S.
From Washington Times ● May 30, 2015
Germany was deprived of her possessions in Africa during the European War, and the Peace Conference of 1919 appointed Great Britain, France, and Belgium to act as mandatories of the League of Nations.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
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