How to Use mandate in a Sentence

mandate

1 of 2 noun

• They carried out the governor's mandate to build more roads.
• Royal mandates must be obeyed.
• He won the election so convincingly that he believed he had been given a mandate for change.
• The mandate from the top is the same: Do more with less.
  — Mike Isaac, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
• The letter did not state for how long the mandate would be in place.
  — Bymary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2023
• The mandate has been in place off and on since last summer.
  — Fox News, 4 Apr. 2021
• There was no mandate in the outcome of the last election.
  — Lance Morrow, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2021
• Reuters was the first to report on the mandate extension.
  — Rhea Mogul and Adam Renton, CNN, 2 Dec. 2021
• Thousands marched in the streets to oppose its mandate in the early days of the new regime.
  — Chris Massaro, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2022
• The county itself does not have a mask mandate, nor does the state.
  — Heather Hollingsworth and Ryan Foley, chicagotribune.com, 9 Dec. 2020
• But even without a mandate, a nudge can feel like a shove.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2021
• The test is whether it was intended to work without the mandate.
  — Author: Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2020
• And our mandate is to do something that's way off of where the middle of the country is.
  — NBC News, 31 Dec. 2017
• Most states had waived this mandate at the start of the pandemic to keep people at home.
  — Tami Luhby, CNN, 10 June 2021
• The latter is a de facto mandate to withdraw from oil and gas.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 9 June 2021
• Celebrities have spoken out against the mandate, and many have taken to the streets in protest.
  — Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 20 June 2018
• The mandate for all involved, though, was that the place should feel like a private home.
  — Sandra Ramani, Robb Report, 10 May 2022
• Our mandate is that the orchestra doesn’t just back us up.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 15 July 2019
• The Founders didn't provide some sort of mandate that those states be first.
  — Arkansas Online, 6 Dec. 2022
• Decisions by lower courts have the mandate blocked in about half of states.
  — Jessica Gresko, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Dec. 2021
• Despite the new option, there is no mandate that clients use the system.
  — David Sharos, chicagotribune.com, 17 Mar. 2022
• But at some point in March or April, that mandate changed.
  — James Hibberd, EW.com, 24 June 2020
• But all those mandates don’t leave a lot of room for personal style.
  — Allure Staff, Allure, 22 June 2017
• There were two actors who left because of the vaccine mandate.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 29 Mar. 2023
• His mandate was to come in and treat Bryant like just another coach.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 8 Nov. 2022
• All of this must play out amid debate over Biden's mandate.
  — John Brummett, Arkansas Online, 6 Dec. 2020
• But some students will face a tougher hurdle to meet this new civics mandate than others.
  — Leslie Postal, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 June 2018
• Northwell says that its mandate was put in place to protect patients.
  — New York Times, 22 Aug. 2021
• Across the board, her design process starts with a mandate of function over fashion.
  — Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online, 7 June 2018
• In the more-with-less annals of corporate mandates, this one is a doozy.
  — Danielle Tcholakian, Longreads, 24 June 2017

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mandate

2 of 2 verb

• The law mandates that every car have seat belts.
• He won the election so convincingly that he believed the people had mandated him to carry out his policies.
• The state does not mandate that schools close on that day.
  — Catalina Righter, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 13 Nov. 2019
• But many are hoping that the state will mandate the vaccine.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2020
• Both the city and state also mandate people wear masks when in public.
  — Jeff Adelson, NOLA.com, 10 Sep. 2020
• The airline will continue to mandate masks on all flights.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2021
• The bill would mandate a duty of care for large platforms used by minors.
  — Adi Robertson, The Verge, 31 Jan. 2024
• Restaurants and public places mandate that all coats be checked.
  — Hollie McKay, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2020
• But the federal law does not mandate what those ratios should be.
  — Lillian Mongeau, USA TODAY, 28 June 2020
• The incident caused numerous teams to mandate helmets be worn on the ice.
  — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2022
• The firearm will need to be pointed at a person to mandate being logged, Brink said.
  — Bree Burkitt, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2019
• The union would mandate that actors seeking work under the contract would not have to pay for access to jobs.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 July 2023
• Almost half of states require training but do not mandate how many hours.
  — Steven Rich, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
• Davis said his office cannot mandate people wear a mask while voting.
  — al, 20 Oct. 2020
• Stakes are high in deciding whether or not to mandate, Veazey said .
  — Ariel Hart, ajc, 4 Oct. 2021
• The sale of pot would be taxed by the state and child-resistant packaging would be mandated.
  — Sandra Gomez-Aceves, courant.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• It is mandated to employ the refugees as a percentage of its workforce.
  — James Bridle, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2018
• More than half of all states already have some kind of law on the books mandating back-seat seat-belt usage.
  — Chris Carola, The Seattle Times, 30 Mar. 2019
• There will be no state mandate that residents are required to get the shot, Walz said.
  — Glenn Howatt, Star Tribune, 8 Dec. 2020
• This rule, while easy to mandate, is more difficult to enforce.
  — Alan Arnette, Outside Online, 13 Apr. 2018
• However, it is not mandated to fix blame for the attack.
  — Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2018
• One measure would increase the state’s minimum wage and mandate sick leave.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2023
• Moreover, the masks mandate will become law, not just guidance.
  — Eliza MacKintosh, CNN, 23 Sep. 2020
• Currently, about half of states mandate masks in public.
  — Joel Shannon, USA TODAY, 13 July 2020
• Brown also has been criticized for waiting too long to mandate masks statewide.
  — oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2020
• Many city schools require uniforms, but they are not mandated across the district.
  — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 15 Sep. 2023
• So, governors- governors would have to mandate that, right?
  — CBS News, 3 Jan. 2021
• Meanwhile, teacher groups are upset that the draft guidance didn’t mandate the use of masks.
  — Corbett Smith, Dallas News, 23 June 2020
• Some things simply cannot be mandated, not even by contract.
  — John Gottman, Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2018
• City health codes mandate at least one Covid vaccine shot to enter indoor gyms.
  — NBC News, 12 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024