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

ExpressVPN is based in the British Virgin Islands, a jurisdiction that does not have mandatory data retention laws and is well outside the Five/Nine/Fourteen Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

The only time you can count on it is when they're airing the Games or some important government message on television that it's mandatory to watch.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins