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
Peter Cappelli, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Research has shown 99% of companies with RTO mandates have seen a drop in engagement.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
Starmer, along with members of his Labour government, has argued that education should be prioritized instead of overreaching government mandates.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Florida plans to become the first state to end all vaccine mandates, including for schoolchildren.
—Miriam Jayaratna, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Wilson said she was especially disturbed that Ladapo, who is Black, compared mandates to slavery.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
The agents' presence and arrests in courthouses, particularly in New York, have resulted in conflicting mandates and instances of explosive anger, as NPR previously reported.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 26 Sep. 2025
Predictably, perhaps, return-to-office mandates seem more popular with employers than employees.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
The $25,000 minimum equity rule mandates that traders must maintain a minimum account balance of $25,000 in a margin account to execute four or more day trades within a five-business-day period.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
The agreement also mandates training for campus employees, including police officers and discrimination investigators, and campus climate surveys.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Scientific studies in the 1970s demonstrated that state declines in measles cases were correlated with enforcement of school vaccine mandates.
—Stacie Kershner, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025
Many recipients ‘already challenged with life circumstances’ One of the biggest changes to Medicaid in the bill is a new federal requirement that mandates most people enrolled through Medicaid expansion spend at least 80 hours a month working, volunteering or in school.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 21 Sep. 2025
The bill also mandates transparency in hiring.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
New York mandates such notice, yet fluoridation in Buffalo lapsed for years before it was widely known.
—Anna Clark, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2025
On his first day in office in January, the state’s Republican governor, Patrick Morrisey, issued an executive order allowing families to opt out of school vaccine mandates on religious or philosophical grounds.
—Marina Kopf, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
The Poison Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA), enacted in 1970, mandates child-resistant packaging for hazardous household substances and medications to reduce accidental poisonings among children under 5.
—Joel Thayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
By shifting the focus from mandates to meaningful interactions, companies can highlight the value of in-person collaboration for individual career growth and team cohesion as well as business need.
—Peter Cappelli, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Research has shown 99% of companies with RTO mandates have seen a drop in engagement.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
Starmer, along with members of his Labour government, has argued that education should be prioritized instead of overreaching government mandates.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Florida plans to become the first state to end all vaccine mandates, including for schoolchildren.
—Miriam Jayaratna, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Wilson said she was especially disturbed that Ladapo, who is Black, compared mandates to slavery.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
The agents' presence and arrests in courthouses, particularly in New York, have resulted in conflicting mandates and instances of explosive anger, as NPR previously reported.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 26 Sep. 2025
Predictably, perhaps, return-to-office mandates seem more popular with employers than employees.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
The $25,000 minimum equity rule mandates that traders must maintain a minimum account balance of $25,000 in a margin account to execute four or more day trades within a five-business-day period.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
The state mandates certain ratios of kids to teachers depending on age.
—Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
The agreement also mandates training for campus employees, including police officers and discrimination investigators, and campus climate surveys.
—Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Scientific studies in the 1970s demonstrated that state declines in measles cases were correlated with enforcement of school vaccine mandates.
—Stacie Kershner, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025
Many recipients ‘already challenged with life circumstances’ One of the biggest changes to Medicaid in the bill is a new federal requirement that mandates most people enrolled through Medicaid expansion spend at least 80 hours a month working, volunteering or in school.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 21 Sep. 2025
The bill also mandates transparency in hiring.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
New York mandates such notice, yet fluoridation in Buffalo lapsed for years before it was widely known.
—Anna Clark, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2025
On his first day in office in January, the state’s Republican governor, Patrick Morrisey, issued an executive order allowing families to opt out of school vaccine mandates on religious or philosophical grounds.
—Marina Kopf, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
The Poison Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA), enacted in 1970, mandates child-resistant packaging for hazardous household substances and medications to reduce accidental poisonings among children under 5.
—Joel Thayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 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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When the King orders Ji-yeon to be the royal cook, the two begin to grow closer.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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Miami cancels school, orders state of emergency About 10 minutes to the west, the community of Miami was also recovering from intense flooding.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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That's the same deadline that Grassley gave Noem to respond about stopping student visa authorizations.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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In a bipartisan vote, 49 Republicans joined Democrats to repeal the authorizations, which members say have been abused to justify later military actions.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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Continue reading … BACKUP CALL – Louisiana governor requests 1,000 National Guard troops to fight violent crime wave across state.—
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FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Kinso detects when someone requests or needs something and automatically proposes connectors within the user’s network, even drafting introductions.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Pittman’s record since the start of the 2021 season (29-27) dictates the buyout total listed in his contract.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Sep. 2025
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The email came despite the fact that Harris' term was not set to expire until 2028, and despite a federal law that dictates board members can only be fired for cause, such as inefficiency, malfeasance or neglect of duty.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
17 Sep. 2025
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Trump also gave Wall Street some assurance that the administration would give Nvidia licenses to offer its H20 AI chip in China – a crucial market for the company.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Two days later, FCC Chair Brendan Carr, on a conservative podcast, threatened to pull ABC affiliate broadcast licenses in response.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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Refine the process and definition of county budget commissions, including a timeline from when a levy is passed to when a Budget Commission could reduce it.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Insurers are prioritizing plans with more restrictive provider networks, eliminating commissions on less profitable plans altogether.—
Annika Kim Constantino,Bertha Coombs,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Mandates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandates. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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