mandate
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The law does not mandate the Angels — playing under a Los Angeles name in Anaheim’s city-owned stadium — revert to the Anaheim Angels name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The center-right Paz, who took office in November with a mandate to fix a severe fuel and currency crisis, named economist Christian Morales to replace ousted Jose Gabriel Espinoza.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Up for review: A mandate to increase the share of EVs sold annually, and how the U.K. can ensure all new cars and vans are zero emissions by 2035.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
"We have seven months left of this mandate, we have important decisions that need made and important legislation coming before us," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Maybe there was a UN mandate that calling an animal endangered worked like clicking ruby slippers, and meant they’d have to drop everything and whisk us to safety.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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"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
Michigan no longer mandates the SAT or ACT for undergraduate admissions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Changes to pension fund mandates and life-insurer trends have reduced their appetite for long-duration bonds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 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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Medicaid estate recovery has been a mandated federal policy since 1993, set up primarily to recoup rising costs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Their final request was that the treatment mandated after the medical assessment "be provided without delay".
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
“That’s the Congressionally mandated role of the CFTC. As stated in the order, Kalshi is required to operate as normal to maintain market integrity and stability.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Lawmakers were denied entry when they tried to perform their mandated oversight duties at immigrant detention facilities.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 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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In the last decade, states have started mandating individual meters in multifamily buildings; in 2018, California began requiring that water submeters be installed in newly constructed residences with two or more units.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 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
Just last week, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders fast-tracking quantum systems, mandating a research-ready quantum computer by 2028 and a government-wide migration to post-quantum cryptography by 2031.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 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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