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mandatory

Definition for mandatory

adjective as in required, necessary

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At a time in England when longbow archery was mandatory for all adult men, longbows, various forms of shorter bows, arrows, and other archery-related equipment were the most common weapons aboard the Mary Rose.

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"But we really need a ban on their manufacture and mandatory 'do not flush' labelling on all wet wipes."

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He first became the four-belt undisputed champion in May 2024 by beating Tyson Fury, before giving up the IBF title five weeks later and deciding not to fight the mandatory challenger.

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This reach is essential to the organization’s justification for its mandatory $225-a-year “licence fee,” compulsory for every household that watches television.

Its government made the Nazi salute punishable by a mandatory prison term earlier this year.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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