mandate
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He added Smith has a clear mandate to call a referendum.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Its mandate is to slow how fast prices climb, not roll them back.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
He also wants to shrink the Fed's balance sheet, preferring to use interest rates as the central bank's primary tool on both sides of its mandate.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Gethins had been elected as the MP for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry in 2024 and shortly afterwards announced he would seek a dual mandate.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Unlike conventional police departments, the Guard’s mandate explicitly emphasized the novel idea of preventing crime rather than merely arresting wrongdoers after the fact.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing mandate
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