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mandatory

[man-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈmæn dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /


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Is it time to talk about mandatory retirement ages?

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

Last year, the CDC stopped mandatory monitoring for six different foodborne illnesses, including cyclospora.

From Salon Jul. 10, 2026

It will then file a mandatory tender offer for 100% of Exail’s shares and bonds, with the closing of the deal expected at the beginning of 2028 at the latest, Thales said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

The appeals come with Netflix recently having announced it wants to work toward capping mandatory investments, currently set at 20 percent of revenue.

From Barron's Jul. 6, 2026

And in the late nineteenth century the Congress made its reading a mandatory ritual on Washington’s birthday.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

By giving up the belts, he is stepping away from mandatories, the politics and the pressure to keep defending against whoever is next in line.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

There is also the issue of Usyk's mandatories, which could throw up one particularly eye-catching encounter.

From BBC Dec. 4, 2022

Instead he has dealt with a string of decent but unspectacular mandatories in Hagler-esque fashion as they have shuffled tentatively into his range.

From The Guardian May 9, 2016

But under a series of appellate court rulings, those mandatories and many like them have been thrown out as unconstitutional by the state Superior Court.

From Washington Times May 30, 2015

For if they are mandatories, we cannot deny that they may kill with their own hands; and nevertheless, not to speak of the other decisions cited above, Clar.

From The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book by Anonymous




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