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County officials made moves in two separate lawsuits this week in which Voice of San Diego is seeking to compel them to release information under the California Records Act related to its handling of the public health crisis.
MORNING REPORT: COUNTY DIGS IN TO KEEP COVID DATA PRIVATEVOICE OF SAN DIEGONOVEMBER 19, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
While officials have said they aren’t targeting the amount that Apple charges, the focus on the payment system could also compel Apple to offer alternative payments providers to developers.
APPLE TO CUT APP STORE FEES IN HALF FOR MOST DEVELOPERSVERNE KOPYTOFFNOVEMBER 18, 2020FORTUNE
The startling surge has compelled new efforts in some parts of the country to slow the rampant virus.
WITH CORONAVIRUS CASES SPIKING NATIONWIDE, ALL SIGNS POINT TO A HARROWING AUTUMNBRADY DENNIS, JACQUELINE DUPREE, MARISA IATINOVEMBER 11, 2020WASHINGTON POST
These new rules would, among other things, prevent self-preferential treatment and compel the largest technology companies to share data with competitors.
AMAZON USES ITS DATA TO UNDERMINE THIRD PARTY SELLERS, EU ANTITRUST ACTION SAYSGREG STERLINGNOVEMBER 10, 2020SEARCH ENGINE LAND
I am compelled to see people individually and to value their specific stories.
DANNY MEYER WANTS TO BRING EVERYONE TO THE TABLE AFTER A FRACTIOUS ELECTION. TWITTER SAYS: TOO SOON.TIM CARMANNOVEMBER 9, 2020WASHINGTON POST
Selling suffrage as a democratic wartime measure during World War I provided the final momentum needed to compel just enough legislators to achieve ratification of the 19th Amendment by one vote.
MIXED 2020 ELECTION RESULTS SHOW THAT WOMEN STILL FACE A SEXIST POLITICAL CULTURESTACIE TARANTO, LEANDRA ZARNOWNOVEMBER 6, 2020WASHINGTON POST
While the earlier law required the sharing of mechanical data, the new proposal compels carmakers to include the sharing of telematics, driving, and diagnostics data, the kind that increasingly gets transmitted wirelessly from cars to automakers.
MASSACHUSETTS EXPANDS ‘RIGHT TO REPAIR’ LAW FOR AUTOMAKERSRHHACKETTFORTUNENOVEMBER 4, 2020FORTUNE
On Singles’ Day, discounts start at 50% off, and some sellers complain they are compelled to sell items at a loss just to be involved.
THE WORLD’S LARGEST SHOPPING EVENT IS TAKING PLACE NOT ONCE—BUT TWICE—THIS YEAREAMONBARRETTNOVEMBER 2, 2020FORTUNE
Fighting back also compels that advocates seize the teachable moment on court reform.
CURE FOR A SICKENING APPOINTMENTHANS JOHNSONOCTOBER 30, 2020WASHINGTON BLADE
To do otherwise would be contrary to both our business interests and our mission, which compels us to make information accessible to every type of person, no matter where they live or what they believe.
FACEBOOK, GOOGLE, TWITTER CEOS CLASH WITH CONGRESS IN PRE-ELECTION SHOWDOWNTONY ROMM, RACHEL LERMAN, CAT ZAKRZEWSKI, HEATHER KELLY, ELIZABETH DWOSKINOCTOBER 28, 2020WASHINGTON POST
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WORDS RELATED TO COMPELLED

  • bounden
  • called by duty
  • committed
  • compelled
  • contracted
  • duty-bound
  • enslaved
  • forced
  • indebted
  • indentured
  • obliged
  • pledged
  • required
  • tied
  • under obligation
  • urged
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