mandate
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Leano said the mayor also can’t unilaterally mandate people receiving city-funded housing assistance enter treatment.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Filosa was brought in last year with a mandate to address multiple challenges for the world's fourth-biggest automaker, not least under-utilisation of its European factories in a market still recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
There are regulatory rules that mandate investment banks not show favoritism to clients, but there is also a lot of leeway.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
“You can’t legislate that, you can’t mandate it, but I think if you ask people, ‘Could we be better?’—I think you won’t get a better result unless you make the ask.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
Its mandate was to manage and protect these resources for the nation.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing mandate
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