mandate
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Until now, the review has primarily been the mandate of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a Treasury Department bureau that oversees the nation’s biggest banks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
It was originally an act of Congress that gave the Kennedy Center its name and mandate.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
The City Council admits the $30 an hour mandate will do economic damage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
With the labor market seemingly on solid footing now, Wall Street will turn its attention to the other side of the Federal Open Market Committee’s dual mandate: price stability.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
In December, though he lacked an official mandate to do so, Burnham secretly mailed inquiries to five men, “feeling confident that I would carry my point.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing mandate
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