mandatory
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Another letter says staff must undergo mandatory “cultural competency training that focuses on residents who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Saltiveri, who employs strict and longstanding mandatory biosecurity measures, is confident that his and other farms will remain uninfected.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Moreno Valley residents south of John F. Kennedy Drive were also under mandatory evacuation orders.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Those amounts do not consider mandatory spending on Medicare and Medicaid.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Somehow no one figured it important to tell me the time of a mandatory team practice Ed had scheduled.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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