mandate
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He had traveled the world and mingled with the elite by the time Fiat scion Gianni Agnelli brought him back to Maranello as chairman—and gave him a specific mandate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Attorney General Dawda Jallow was quoted as saying that Hackett had a four-year mandate and was chosen from a wide selection of candidates.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
All 50 states are, in fact, currently in compliance with the act’s mandate.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
But Goodell pointed out that the rule "is not a hiring mandate," and that it has been adopted in industries "far beyond football, far beyond the United States" to hire "bring in better talent."
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
If a judge were to mandate the dissolution of the company, its factories would remain standing and its workers, accountants, managers and shareholders would continue to live—but Peugeot SA would immediately vanish.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Vocabulary lists containing mandate
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