compulsory
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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
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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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