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 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 Since the models are open, they can be stripped of any guardrails, including propaganda mandated by the Chinese government, and could become a valuable tool for hackers. Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 24 July 2026 Most state worker were mandated to work in the office four days a week starting July 1. Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026 The European Union has banned AI that encourages dangerous behavior in vulnerable groups like children, and mandated transparency requirements for other chatbots. Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 23 July 2026 Last Thursday, the Navy’s top spokesman, Rear Admiral John Robinson, released a policy that mandated the sea service remove all public-facing information about its commanding officers. ABC News, 23 July 2026 Since 1966, the agency has mandated that companies with at least 100 employees, or federal contractors with 50 or more employees, must file an EEO-1 form each year. Connor Greene, Time, 22 July 2026 To get grass mandated in a CBA, the players would have to give up something else. Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026 The state is legally mandated to reach 100% clean electricity by 2045. Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandated
Verb
  • When court resumed later in the afternoon, the judge ordered Lux to undergo a mental health evaluation at Bridgewater State Hospital.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
  • As a condition of his bond, Reyes was ordered to wear a GPS monitoring device.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 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 5 Aug. 2026.

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