mandatory

Example Sentences

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Those amounts do not consider mandatory spending on Medicare and Medicaid.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The 66-year-old has been criticised for staying on as general secretary past the organisation's mandatory retirement age of 63.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

The car was awaiting mandatory maintenance and was not being actively used by department personnel at the time of discovery, according to the release.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Surfshark, also headquartered in Amsterdam, benefits from strong privacy protections and no mandatory data retention laws.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

Principal McCoy had, and he’d told me so when he explained my mandatory community service to me and my mother.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia