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mandates

  • plural
    of mandate.
    mandate
    noun
    a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative.
  • present tense form
    of mandate (3rd person singular).
    mandate
    noun
    a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative.

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Under the strict mandates of the Windsor Framework, these regulatory shifts also mean heavy administrative and logistical costs.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Licensing, testing mandates and the regulatory machinery surrounding them impose costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The city must add 11,760 residential units by the end of the decade to meet state housing mandates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

These mandates have helped draw growing quantities of domestic soybean oil toward biomass-based diesel production.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Referring to them as sacred might feel uncomfortable, because the First Amendment of the Constitution tells us that this nation legally mandates separation of church and state.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz