as in ordered
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 mandated
To ensure maximum crispiness, the company mandated new fries be baked every half hour.
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Bloomberg, Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
The Army's policy at the time of the crash mandated that its helicopters fly without that system on to conceal their locations, although the helicopter involved in this crash was on a training flight, not a sensitive mission.
—ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
The project, mandated by Congress in 2016, has been no easy feat.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
However, transcripts of those interviews and notes from the conversations were not included, as they were mandated to be by law, when the DOJ released millions of Epstein investigation records in late January.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
Is the State of the Union address mandated by the Constitution?
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Then the district eliminated the school’s therapist, who’d been counselling Justin, because of budget cuts mandated by the legislature.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
In this case, the Ward250 is expected to fire up by July 4, 2026, as mandated by Presidential Executive Order 14301.
—David Szondy
february 21, New Atlas, 21 Feb. 2026
Instead of looking for an exit ramp through federal programs, our leaders should be doubling down on the schools that are mandated to serve everyone — including students with disabilities and those in our most underserved communities, who are often left behind by private programs.
—Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
Bloomberg, Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
The Army's policy at the time of the crash mandated that its helicopters fly without that system on to conceal their locations, although the helicopter involved in this crash was on a training flight, not a sensitive mission.
—ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
The project, mandated by Congress in 2016, has been no easy feat.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
However, transcripts of those interviews and notes from the conversations were not included, as they were mandated to be by law, when the DOJ released millions of Epstein investigation records in late January.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
Is the State of the Union address mandated by the Constitution?
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Then the district eliminated the school’s therapist, who’d been counselling Justin, because of budget cuts mandated by the legislature.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
In this case, the Ward250 is expected to fire up by July 4, 2026, as mandated by Presidential Executive Order 14301.
—David Szondy
february 21, New Atlas, 21 Feb. 2026
Instead of looking for an exit ramp through federal programs, our leaders should be doubling down on the schools that are mandated to serve everyone — including students with disabilities and those in our most underserved communities, who are often left behind by private programs.
—Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandated
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Their ties had been strained since the 2023 killing of an Indian activist in Canada which Ottawa said was ordered by Delhi.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Elsewhere across the region, the US State Department ordered non-emergency US government personnel and their families to depart from Jordan, Bahrain, Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates due to security concerns.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But a coroner can’t do that unilaterally, the NSW Coroner’s Court told CNN –– an inquest needs to be requested by police or a party with new evidence or compelled by the Supreme Court or the attorney general.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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But because of the area’s shortage of medical specialists, the New Mexico Human Services Department requested a waiver on his behalf that permitted him to resume practice and continue treating cancer patients as the only oncologist in all of Luna County, a remote rural region.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Of those projects, eight were categorized as green baseload -- producing the minimum amount of energy required to meet a country's energy demand.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Mar. 2026
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Unlike a typical arena show, which takes several months to coordinate, their big night at SoFi required a full year of planning.—
Deputy Entertainment,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Mandated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandated. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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