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mandate

[man-deyt] / ˈmæn deɪt /


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He said the fund has been underweight technology for some time given it has a mandate to generate income.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

The effort to mandate stormwater permits has been discussed in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Christodoulides' spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said the pair held "a substantive and sincere discussion" and expressed hope it would lead to concrete developments by the year's end when Guterres's mandate ends.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

If approved, the state would have a constitutional mandate to provide free lunches and breakfasts for all K-12 public school students.

From Salon Jul. 26, 2026

At the same time, Truman issued Executive Order 9980, sharpening the teeth of the wartime mandate that had helped bring West Area Computing into existence.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

There has been an ongoing war between some employees and companies to circumvent the intent of return-to-office mandates.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Guidelines were turned into mandates and banks couldn’t even open an ATM, much less acquire another bank, if they didn’t receive a passing grade.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

The EU’s latest Industrial Acceleration Act mandates local-content requirements in public procurement and subsidies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

The agreement also mandates a legally enforceable whistleblower protection policy, a comprehensive Survivor Bill of Rights, anonymous online reporting, and a prohibition on confidentiality agreements that silence survivors.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 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

"Our ministry has mandated the compulsory use of life jackets, and we have supplied them in thousands to riverine states," he said.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

On commercial flights, the risk from cargo is twofold: passengers who have mistakenly packed a lithium battery in their checked luggage, and retailers shipping electronics without using mandated fire-safe packaging.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Historically, it has been up to Congress to oversee monetary policy through a semiannual hearing mandated by law.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

The Big Board mandated that frequency for most listed companies in 1939.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

The federal government mandated high-stakes testing as part of the No Child Left Behind law, signed by President Bush in 2002.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Last month, Bass issued orders mandating Lineage remove all food waste within 45 days and mobilizing resources to assist the community.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Originally a state-owned enterprise, Air Canada remains legally bound by the country’s Official Languages Act, mandating bilingualism in its service and communications.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

One point of mandating U.S. stock-market exposure with the funds is to give future generations buy-ins on America’s economy.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

In April, a federal appeals court upheld the law mandating the display after a legal challenge.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

A final consideration mandating complex organization for large societies has to do with population densities.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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