mandate
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“A tax mix switch involving an increase in the rate and or broadening of the base of GST would need an explicit electoral mandate to be doable,” Eslake added.
From The Wall Street Journal • 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
The rest — balance-sheet discipline, less forward guidance, a narrower mandate — pulls in the other direction.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
Bank watchdogs in the U.S. such as the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency don’t currently mandate banks to monitor prediction markets.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
In December, though he lacked an official mandate to do so, Burnham secretly mailed inquiries to five men, “feeling confident that I would carry my point.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing mandate
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