compulsory

While queuing is often not compulsory, it is often an "unwritten and unspoken" social contract, according to an expert in moral philosophy.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

King's Oak Academy, in Bristol, has one compulsory item left on its uniform list - a branded PE T-shirt.

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

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

Levels four, five, and six were the compulsory levels.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

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

“I like everything to be neat and tidy and symmetrical,” Scott said in reflecting on the exactness of her compulsories.

From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2012