as in accreditation
the granting of power to perform various acts or duties
the committee has been given a mandate to reform the process for admitting applicants to the university
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as in to order
to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority
the president of the sports league has mandated drug testing for all active members
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Recent Examples of mandate
Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Florida wants to end vaccine mandates, including for the mandatory shots kids now need to attend school.
—Michelle Marchante
september 5, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
More than a dozen early cases generally upheld laws and policies mandating their recitation in schools.
—Lydia Artz, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
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Noun
So much so that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) could be forced back to weighing both sides of its mandate (maximum employment and inflation at 2%) equally.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Florida wants to end vaccine mandates, including for the mandatory shots kids now need to attend school.
—Michelle Marchante
september 5, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
On Tuesday, Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham made an effort to calm community fears issuing a statement letting people know his city’s police will not cooperate with ICE in civil immigration enforcement, as mandated by the Illinois Trust Act.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
More than a dozen early cases generally upheld laws and policies mandating their recitation in schools.
—Lydia Artz, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandate
Noun
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Yet, FedStart, the Palantir program Ōura mentioned in the press release, is a software-as-a-service that helps companies cut back on potentially years of accreditation work needed before deploying software to the federal government, and has little to do with the company’s consumer business.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Davis noted that some child care providers have this accreditation, but most don’t.—
Lina Ruiz
September 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Sep. 2025
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The arbitrator also ordered the city to pay Biscari back wages and benefits as well as the legal costs that Local 42 accrued in pursuing the grievance.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, the White House has ordered immigration enforcement in cities around the country.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
8 Sep. 2025
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The move irked Republicans in Congress who, in July, moved to ban restoring any Confederate names in this year's defense authorization bill.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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Being undocumented in the United States, whether by crossing the border without authorization or overstaying a visa, is typically considered a civil violation rather than a criminal offense.—
Caroll Alvarado,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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This past July, the conservative advocacy group America First Legal requested a federal investigation of the chain due to its alleged discrimination against white employees.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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The big tech giant won’t be required to sell its Chrome browser — one of the remedies originally requested by the Biden-era Department of Justice.—
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semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Mandate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandate. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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