mandate
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Warsh has advocated in the past for lower interest rates due to expected productivity gains from AI technology, but in recent weeks he has doubled down on the Fed's mandate to bring inflation down.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Florida also has no renewable mandate and continues adding solar rapidly.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
This isn’t even a mandate, only persuasion and advice.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026
It is not yet clear if that would be enough to take power in the state but the AfD says it has won a mandate to govern.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
It has a mandate from Congress to control human disease.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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These mandates have helped draw growing quantities of domestic soybean oil toward biomass-based diesel production.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Texas once had renewable mandates but eliminated them.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
"International courts and tribunals must be able to freely carry out their mandates," he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Standard procedure mandates that anyone suspected of smoke inhalation receives a bronchoscopic examination of their airways.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 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
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Quarantine rules can send a child home for days or weeks, causing a ripple effect on childcare responsibilities for parents in a country that does not have federally mandated paid sick time.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
National Climate Assessments are Congressionally mandated reports composed by hundreds of scientists and researchers and have been published every four years since 1990.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
The party is also calling for proper enforcement of teacher's legally mandated working hours, the introduction of reasonable limits on overtime, and for all schools to be required to introduce flexible working policies.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Medicaid estate recovery has been a mandated federal policy since 1993, set up primarily to recoup rising costs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
The mandated list of occupants clings to its front door.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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They have also tried to stop poorly equipped climbers from summitting and mandating that visitors spend at least one night at one of the huts on the trails.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The confusion that ensued became a "catalyst" for modern regulations mandating better flotation equipment on planes and preflight briefings on how to use it, aviation safety expert John Cox told AP.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 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
They also house blood samples taken from most infants born in the United States since the late sixties, when states started mandating the screening of all newborns for genetic diseases.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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