mandatory
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The EU's new pact, which was nearly 10 years in the making, introduces mandatory screening and an updated database to track those arriving in the bloc.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“It’s not a given, nor is it an obligation or mandatory to develop a friendship with individuals that you collaborate with,” says Pierre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The world’s largest Muslim-majority country is extending mandatory halal-certification requirements on Oct.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Lissie Harper previously led a successful campaign for Harper's Law, which introduced mandatory life sentences for anyone convicted of killing an emergency worker whilst committing a crime.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
They would be scolded for staying in the city when there was a mandatory evacuation in effect, and they would be sent north on a bus or helicopter.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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By giving up the belts, he is stepping away from mandatories, the politics and the pressure to keep defending against whoever is next in line.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
There is also the issue of Usyk's mandatories, which could throw up one particularly eye-catching encounter.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2022
Instead he has dealt with a string of decent but unspectacular mandatories in Hagler-esque fashion as they have shuffled tentatively into his range.
From The Guardian ● May 9, 2016
In the Senate, the chairman of the powerful Judiciary Committee is Sen. Stewart Greenleaf, R-Montgomery, a former prosecutor who helped write many of the state’s drug mandatories in the 1990s.
From Washington Times ● May 30, 2015
A permanent commission shall be constituted to receive and examine the annual reports of the mandatories and to advise the Council on all matters relating to the observance of the mandates.
From Woodrow Wilson's Administration and Achievements by Frank B. Lord
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