mandate
Example Sentences
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It has a dual mandate of maintaining inflation near a long-term target of two percent while ensuring maximum employment.
From Barron's
The Postal Service’s losses stem in part from its mandate to deliver to more than 170 million addresses six days a week.
Both striking council workers and some agency workers employed by Job & Talent have recently voted to extend their industrial action mandate past May's local elections and into September.
From BBC
The meeting comes as the Fed battles stubbornly high inflation and weak demand in the US labor market, with its dual mandates potentially at odds with one another.
From Barron's
New York state has an economics requirement and will mandate personal finance for high-schoolers starting in the fall.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
