mandated

Definition of mandatednext
past tense of mandate
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 The first set of regulations mandated by California’s AI Transparency Act went into effect Sunday. Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2026 The league will pause for the break mandated by the collective bargaining agreement in early June and remain that way until July 30, after the World Cup final. Emily Olsen, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Sharp sentenced Young to life without the possibility of parole, as the law mandated. Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026 This proposal would expand upon a 2023 law that mandated these services at UC and CSU campuses. Mckenna Mobley, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026 From today, August 2, a new class of companies are mandated to transparently declare AI use. Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 There is a reason the US government mandated that TikTok could not be under foreign ownership. Will Cady, SPIN, 30 July 2026 None of the current policies aimed at managing risks from frontier models would have mandated that the public—or even a government entity—be alerted. Jim Edwards, Fortune, 29 July 2026 The grand jury also issued a report recommending state legislators change the law to make hazing an offense that mandated reporters must report. Joe Brandt, CBS News, 29 July 2026
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  • The streamer recently ordered a sequel to the ’90s cult classic Clueless, a Scottish family drama called Laird and the true crime drama Fear Not, among others.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
  • In June, the Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to suspend access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for foreign nationals.
    Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2026
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  • City Directors Kathy Webb and Capi Peck requested the proposal to establish the six-month moratorium earlier this summer.
    Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The school district and developer have requested the village rezone the property to a multiple unit dwelling district.
    Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
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  • Stable rules are needed to support capital formation, especially at the scale required by frontier AI development.
    Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Under Assembly Bill 481, law enforcement agencies are required to obtain approval prior to the purchase or use of military equipment, along with an annual report of how the technology has been deployed in the previous year.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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“Mandated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandated. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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