Synonyms of mandates

mandates 1 of 2

noun

plural of mandate

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accreditations
• authorizations
• licenses
• commissions
• delegations
• empowerments
• promotions
• commendations
• consignments
• facilitations
• orderings
• entrustments

mandates

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mandate

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• orders
• requests
• dictates
• requires
• demands
• decrees
• asks
• directs
• calls for
• commands
• calls
• ordains
• petitions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cancels
• rescinds
• countermands

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mandates

Noun

Beyond the architecture, the Costa Rican government mandates that 70 percent of the peninsula’s dry tropical forest remains protected—paradise will not be paved. — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026

Malone, who was a vocal critic of vaccine mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic, did pin some blame on falling trust in the scientific establishment for the slight downtick in inoculations. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Come January 1, 2027, strict Department of Defense mandates will bar Chinese-origin magnets and constituent materials from US defense platforms. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026

Institutions also face accounting rules, custody requirements, and investment mandates that slow adoption. — Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Should the state of Illinois be allowed to impose new mandates on Chicago without providing the money necessary to pay for them? — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

For years, those rates were high, thanks largely to school attendance mandates that required key vaccinations. — CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

The Affordable Care Act mandates that most insurance companies cover annual screening mammograms for those 40 and older. — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026

In many states, private schools also don’t have to administer standardized tests or report those scores — in sharp contrast to the mandates for public schools. — Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 17 Aug. 2026

Verb

The new rule mandates notification before marketing, aiming to provide the FDA with crucial information. — Jesse M. Pines, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

The city's position pointed to the charter, which mandates an independent inspector general with subpoena power cannot supersede state law. — Renee Anderson, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

But this week, UFT President Michael Mulgrew threatened to yank his support, critiquing not the curriculum mandates themselves, but contradictory supplements and paperwork. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

The results validate Bradfield City’s Master Plan policy, which mandates green or biosolar setups on 80 percent of suitable new rooftops across Australia’s first new city in a century. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026

The order will advise states with school vaccine mandates to consider updating their laws to reflect the administration’s recommendations, the fact sheet said. — Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

In China's upstart labs, the ruling party mandates heavy use of domestic chips, and the growth of models like DeepSeek and Kimi K3 suggests that optimizing for domestic hardware may be the best solution. — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026

The new law also mandates that data collected from license plate readers will be retained for only 21 days unless law enforcement is granted a preservation request in connection with a specific investigation. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026

Meanwhile Apophis is a much brighter S-type asteroid, which mandates taking snapshots at higher sun angles to compensate and prevent overexposure. — Andrew Jones, Scientific American, 30 July 2026