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mandate

[man-dayt] / ˈmæn deɪt /


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The new rule reduces that mandate to 34.5 mpg.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

That steadiness has allowed the Fed to focus on the inflation side of its mandate.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

A failure to mandate safeguards is “completely irresponsible.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

In his speech, ap Iorwerth will say the election "delivered a clear mandate from the people of Wales for positive change that makes a tangible difference to their lives".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Maybe there was a UN mandate that calling an animal endangered worked like clicking ruby slippers, and meant they’d have to drop everything and whisk us to safety.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

It mandates that immigrant and other detainees are afforded privacy, safety, hygienic living conditions and other rights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Soybeans feed livestock and humans, but their oil also flows into an energy economy shaped by several decades of federal renewable-fuel mandates.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

U.S. export controls and Chinese government mandates urging local tech companies to use domestic alternatives have boosted revenue for companies like Enflame, but its earnings have been dragged into the red by high research-and-development costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Texas once had renewable mandates but eliminated them.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Referring to them as sacred might feel uncomfortable, because the First Amendment of the Constitution tells us that this nation legally mandates separation of church and state.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

The agency said its available funding had fallen from $5.2 billion in 2024 to $3.9 billion in 2025, while the number of people it is mandated to protect is hovering around historically high levels.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Moscow has mandated that businesses take steps to protect themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

"I would love to see them go much further - something mandated, a minimum on the pitch at any one time," the Guardian's Garry told BBC Women's Football Weekly.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

High electricity prices and mandated demand have not translated into even gains for U.S. solar investors.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Its eventual demolition had been planned from its inception: both Newsome Park and next-door Copeland Park, for whites, were mandated to last only as long as the war.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Title IX is a federal civil rights law mandating that universities follow certain rules when investigating sexual assaults.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

They have also tried to stop poorly equipped climbers from summitting and mandating that visitors spend at least one night at one of the huts on the trails.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

As part of its vote, the council also approved an amendment introduced by Councilmember Adrin Nazarian recommending the city attorney assess potential legal liabilities for mandating in-person training requirements.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

In the late 2010s, local governments in China began mandating that power producers pair renewable projects with energy storage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

That research, and other investigations like it, led to changes in air traffic regulations, mandating minimum distances between flight paths so as to prevent that kind of wake turbulence accident.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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