obligatory

Example Sentences

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The Cecchettin Foundation wants them to be obligatory and start early, when young people get access to the internet.

From BBC

"Hijab is a legal matter and adherence to it is obligatory," he said in quotes cited by AFP news agency.

From BBC

Still, risking arrest for defying the obligatory dress code, women are widely seen unveiled in malls, restaurants, shops and streets around the country.

From Reuters

Both Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence; and on Fridays, Catholics must abstain from eating meat, as it was traditionally a celebratory food.

From Salon

Maybe viewers don’t want to be reminded of this, and maybe that’s why so many revivals downplay it, ending up fine but forgettable, the obligatory last sentences in their franchises’ Wikipedia entries.

From New York Times