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mandate

[man-deyt] / ˈmæn deɪt /


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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

The rest — balance-sheet discipline, less forward guidance, a narrower mandate — pulls in the other direction.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Supreme Court, under Chief Justice Earl Warren, began insisting on the enforcement of the desegregation mandate of Brown v.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

Reaffirming the act’s antidiscrimination mission while clarifying that courts can’t mandate proportional outcomes needn’t be viewed as a partisan ask.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

It was as if the teachers, many of whom were white, had been given a mandate.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah




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