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 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
American reserve driver Jak Crawford, completing one of the team's mandatory young driver days, was in Fernando Alonso's car and was 22nd, just over a second slower than Lance Stroll.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Somehow no one figured it important to tell me the time of a mandatory team practice Ed had scheduled.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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