as in accreditations
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 orders
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 mandates
Arif Husain, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2025
Recent reports point to a steady push and pull between return-to-office mandates and roles that remain remote by design, with applications clustering around flexible postings and some employers tightening attendance rules.
—Jason Phillips, IndyStar, 11 Nov. 2025
The buildout is sometimes delayed by regulations like mandates that cables run underground in bird habitats, Down To Earth magazine reported.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 11 Nov. 2025
About 20% of human resource professionals said their RTO mandates were intentionally meant to reduce headcount.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2025
The dispute underscores the tension between executive authority during funding lapses and the statutory mandates of federal benefit programs.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Paramount also said that about 600 employees took a buyout in connection with its return-to-office mandates.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
But the mandates also help colleges shovel heaps of bureaucratic muck—validating data for accreditation, carrying out enrollment, flagging troubled students, aggregating metrics of all kinds.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said the central bank must strike a balance between its dual mandates, curbing inflation and supporting the labor market.
—CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
While Kroger still accepts pennies, private businesses are not federally required to accept cash unless a state law mandates it.
—Alexander Coolidge, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Federal law requires states to measure school performance, and Arizona law mandates the A-F letter grade system.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 3 Nov. 2025
The settlement comes amid a sweeping probe of streaming platforms suspected of violating the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which mandates an easy way for consumers to stop the sale of their data.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
The legislation also mandates that states submit annual reports to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration detailing the number of CDL applicants, test pass rates, and compliance data.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Halladay said one of his priorities is to get rid of time for time, a policy that mandates a minimum number of instructional hours per year, rather than a specific number of days.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 16 Oct. 2025
The ultra-rare Mercedes-McLaren SLR is a timeless icon, one that almost mandates being clad a silver hue.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
While parents have always been able to request exemptions from the vaccine mandates for medical and other reasons, those were not the vast majority of students in our schools.
—Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
Too often, fragmented funding streams and overlapping mandates lead to duplications of assistance in some areas and critical gaps in others.
—Arif Husain, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2025
Recent reports point to a steady push and pull between return-to-office mandates and roles that remain remote by design, with applications clustering around flexible postings and some employers tightening attendance rules.
—Jason Phillips, IndyStar, 11 Nov. 2025
The buildout is sometimes delayed by regulations like mandates that cables run underground in bird habitats, Down To Earth magazine reported.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 11 Nov. 2025
About 20% of human resource professionals said their RTO mandates were intentionally meant to reduce headcount.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2025
The dispute underscores the tension between executive authority during funding lapses and the statutory mandates of federal benefit programs.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Paramount also said that about 600 employees took a buyout in connection with its return-to-office mandates.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
But the mandates also help colleges shovel heaps of bureaucratic muck—validating data for accreditation, carrying out enrollment, flagging troubled students, aggregating metrics of all kinds.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said the central bank must strike a balance between its dual mandates, curbing inflation and supporting the labor market.
—CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
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Surveys show that 99% of RTO mandates lower engagement, and nearly half increase attrition.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
While Kroger still accepts pennies, private businesses are not federally required to accept cash unless a state law mandates it.
—Alexander Coolidge, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Federal law requires states to measure school performance, and Arizona law mandates the A-F letter grade system.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 3 Nov. 2025
The settlement comes amid a sweeping probe of streaming platforms suspected of violating the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which mandates an easy way for consumers to stop the sale of their data.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
The legislation also mandates that states submit annual reports to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration detailing the number of CDL applicants, test pass rates, and compliance data.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Halladay said one of his priorities is to get rid of time for time, a policy that mandates a minimum number of instructional hours per year, rather than a specific number of days.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 16 Oct. 2025
The ultra-rare Mercedes-McLaren SLR is a timeless icon, one that almost mandates being clad a silver hue.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
While parents have always been able to request exemptions from the vaccine mandates for medical and other reasons, those were not the vast majority of students in our schools.
—Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandates
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Its national accreditations limit how many autopsies each of those pathologists can do — a rule that’s designed to help keep the doctors from being overworked and error-prone but causes backlogs when there’s too much demand.—
Audrey Dutton,
ProPublica,
26 Aug. 2025
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Prospective patients should verify clinic accreditations and surgeon qualifications.—
Kyle J. Russell,
The Enquirer,
29 Nov. 2024
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Everyone who orders one from October 27 to October 31 will also earn a $5 reward for their next visit.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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The crew at Fireman Derek’s is cooking around the clock to pump out sweets for its three storefronts, plus Goldbelly orders that ship nationwide.—
Nila Do Simon,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
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Foreign workers must immediately stop working if their employment authorizations lapse.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
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An impending federal ruling is expected to strip Texas DACA recipients of their work authorizations, impacting tens of thousands of people in the state.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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When your cousin requests a potato dish on the lighter side, this is the go-to recipe.—
Krissy Tiglias,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
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Trident routinely cooperates with any competent authority which requests information.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The Legislative Audit Bureau will examine the DPI’s oversight of educator misconduct cases, including the quality of its investigations, the steps for revoking or suspending licenses and whether the agency’s policies follow state law.—
Kayla Huynh,
jsonline.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Any deal Sinclair engages in that would involve the transfer of broadcast licenses would be subject to FCC review and approval.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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The 34-year-old democratic socialist is poised to take control of a 306,000-person municipal workforce in the global center of capitalism that also functions as a cultural hub that dictates trends around the world.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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The reason so many people feel off track when daylight savings time ends is because light has a profound effect on the circadian rhythm, the body’s natural 24-hour clock that dictates when one sleeps and wakes.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While many states have sought to attract data centers as an economic boon, legislatures and utility commissions were also flooded with proposals to try to protect regular ratepayers from paying to connect data centers to the grid.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Today, that can mean a stair railing sculpted from cast bronze or a chandelier made of 450 shards of selenite (both, by the way, are Henault commissions).—
Kathryn O’Shea-Evans,
Robb Report,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Mandates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandates. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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