mandate

Example Sentences

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It is a mandate no other attorney general has been willing or able to fulfill successfully.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

All 50 states are, in fact, currently in compliance with the act’s mandate.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Walsh is expected to take over the reins at IndiGo on August 3, days after his mandate at the head of the International Air Transport Association ends on July 31.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Stella McGinn said she would be "angry" if improved bus safety laws were not passed within this assembly mandate.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The strong god glittering left her as he spoke, and now her ladyship, having given heed to Zeus’s mandate, went to find Odysseus in his stone seat to seaward—tear on tear brimming his eyes.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer