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compulsory

[kuhm-puhl-suh-ree] / kəmˈpʌl sə ri /


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She says several items are still compulsory, including the branded blazer, tie, branded polo shirt, branded shorts and two-toned PE socks.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

And in the past year 17 European countries increased compulsory levies, “leading to a loss of between one and six days of social and fiscal freedom,” the report says.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

A programme of compulsory testing of cattle in Northern Ireland for TB began in the 1950s.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Burnham was health secretary in a Gordon Brown government which proposed a compulsory levy which people could defer until after they had died.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

There, they picked the best from among thousands of teenage boys fulfilling their compulsory labor service.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

What made these compulsories different was the manner in which the two-time defending world champions went through it.

From Washington Post Jul. 27, 2021

The synchronized divers must still perform them, however — compulsories are the first two dives the pairs do.

From Washington Post Aug. 19, 2016

Jan Hoffmann of East Germany won the 1974 men’s world singles championship at Munich, but Cranston, who was too far behind after the compulsories to finish better than third, thrilled the 8,000 spectators.

From New York Times Jan. 25, 2015

But if the ISU wants to be that literal-minded, it might as well bring back compulsories.

From Slate Feb. 21, 2014

Scott usually dominated the compulsories, the tracing of figure-eight variations, which accounted for 60 percent of the scoring in her era, but she deftly executed spins and leaps as well.

From New York Times Oct. 1, 2012




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