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mandates

NOUN

authority, order

Synonyms

STRONGEST

authorization command decree directive injunction instruction sanction

STRONG

behest bidding charge commission dictate edict fiat go-ahead imperative okay precept warrant word

WEAK

blank check carte blanche green light

Antonyms

STRONG

breach break denial question refusal request veto

Example Sentences

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Mandates exist at youth levels in the U.S.,

From Washington Times • Nov. 2, 2023

She also served as a longtime board member for the Center for Civic Education, a nonprofit that promotes the study and practice of democracy, and was appointed to the Commission on State Mandates by then-Gov.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2022

Mandates should carry some consequences, but with flexibility, including religious and other exemptions where appropriate.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2021

The legislative panel — the joint Committee on Government Overreach and the Impact of COVID-19 Mandates — heard a day of testimony, most of it from critics of the mandates.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2021

Anna B, work in Sweden, member League of Nations, 780; 812; 815; 844; 857; 869; on Mandates Commission, 871.Wier,

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI by Harper, Ida Husted