mandatory

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By then, World Athletics had tightened its rules after the 2016 Rio Olympics, when all three medallists in the women's 800 metre final were DSD athletes, introducing mandatory sex testing in 2025.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 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

The platform has since rolled out mandatory age verification worldwide, and has made changes to safety on its platform including blocking children from being able to chat to adults.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Pennsylvania sentencing law was inflexible: For those convicted of second-degree murder, mandatory life imprisonment without the possibility of parole was the only sentence.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson