mandatory
adjective
authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory.
mandatories
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pluralof mandatory.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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By giving up the belts, he is stepping away from mandatories, the politics and the pressure to keep defending against whoever is next in line.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
There is also the issue of Usyk's mandatories, which could throw up one particularly eye-catching encounter.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2022
With the collapse of those mandatories today, those same defendants could easily see far different outcomes.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 10, 2016
Instead he has dealt with a string of decent but unspectacular mandatories in Hagler-esque fashion as they have shuffled tentatively into his range.
From The Guardian ● May 9, 2016
We, the regular mandatories, we cannot avow a transaction with insurgents.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
