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
Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
The proportion of women working or looking for work jumped to a record high after the pandemic but has since eased, in part as return-to-office mandates have reduced workplace flexibility.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
DeSantis noted that some vaccine mandates would be removed immediately while others would require legislative intervention.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
Legal mandates and penalties will not drive the transition.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
One study from Japan found that children were more likely to die from influenza and pneumonia after national influenza vaccine mandates were removed.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Doing that will depend, in part, on the state legislature, since some vaccine mandates are written into state law.
—Michelle Marchante
september 8, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
There are reasons why people put these mandates in place.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
Kennedy previously ran an anti-vaccine group and campaigned on ending vaccine mandates.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
While three dozen states require some degree of flood-risk disclosure, only California currently mandates home sellers reveal wildfire hazards.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Peer-to-peer learning builds trust where IT mandates fail.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
All these benefits attached to purchasing the perfumes, face serums, moisturizers, sunscreens (because fall sunshine still mandates applying them), and foundations everyone’s been raving about as of late?
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
What are Tennessee's current school-entry vaccine mandates?
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
The law mandates that second-degree persistent felony offenders be sentenced to a prison term within the penalty range for the next highest degree of felony.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
At a press conference in Tampa, Ladapo called vaccine mandates unethical.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Ringing the bell mandates an average yearly addition to profits of $26 billion.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
Jenkins voted to continue mask mandates in Brevard County schools, even after the DeSantis administration directed districts to lift them, a stance that brought protests outside her home, threats against her family, and national media scrutiny.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
The proportion of women working or looking for work jumped to a record high after the pandemic but has since eased, in part as return-to-office mandates have reduced workplace flexibility.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
DeSantis noted that some vaccine mandates would be removed immediately while others would require legislative intervention.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
Legal mandates and penalties will not drive the transition.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
One study from Japan found that children were more likely to die from influenza and pneumonia after national influenza vaccine mandates were removed.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Doing that will depend, in part, on the state legislature, since some vaccine mandates are written into state law.
—Michelle Marchante
september 8, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
There are reasons why people put these mandates in place.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
Kennedy previously ran an anti-vaccine group and campaigned on ending vaccine mandates.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
The bill mandates the FAA enact 24 recommendations from an aviation rule-making committee within two years, forcing the agency to address a backlog of pilot medical certifications with special exceptions as well as hire FAA physicians with mental health backgrounds.
—Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
While three dozen states require some degree of flood-risk disclosure, only California currently mandates home sellers reveal wildfire hazards.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Peer-to-peer learning builds trust where IT mandates fail.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
All these benefits attached to purchasing the perfumes, face serums, moisturizers, sunscreens (because fall sunshine still mandates applying them), and foundations everyone’s been raving about as of late?
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
What are Tennessee's current school-entry vaccine mandates?
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
The law mandates that second-degree persistent felony offenders be sentenced to a prison term within the penalty range for the next highest degree of felony.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
At a press conference in Tampa, Ladapo called vaccine mandates unethical.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Ringing the bell mandates an average yearly addition to profits of $26 billion.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 30 Aug. 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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Bill Nye Our favorite Science Guy orders a caramel macchiato made with coconut milk.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Sep. 2025
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Continue reading … ORDER FROM THE COURT – Georgia judge orders Fani Willis to redo search for records in Trump election case.—
,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Specifically, the company is bringing together two often separated ecosystems into one seamless workflow, welding the gap between prior authorizations and post-service claims and coding validation.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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In 34 states, CVS will continue to offer COVID vaccines for those who fall under the new FDA authorizations.—
Will McDuffie,
ABC News,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But a PCMag reader pointed out the application requests permission to conduct the tests at a Pendleton, Oregon, airport site used for unmanned aircraft, including from a Boeing company called Insitu.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
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Deliver a genuine human experience that starts from the moment a client requests more information and lasts beyond the receipt of their purchase.—
Brandon Aversano,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Common sense dictates that Marlowe simply kept his head down for a few hundred years, went to Memphis, and popped up as Elvis Presley.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Additionally, the law dictates that state scholarship funding used in high school for more than 29 credit hours will reduce the Arkansas Access to Acceleration scholarship funding that's available to students after high school.—
Edward McKinnon,
Arkansas Online,
4 Sep. 2025
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Take an inventory of all your existing IT tools, software licenses and security policies.—
Rajat Bhargava,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Those efforts include exploration, better understanding of resource bases and getting licenses and permitting underway.—
April Roach,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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State policymakers also have an important role to play because state public utility commissions set many of the policies that govern utilities.—
Brian Deese,
Foreign Affairs,
9 Sep. 2025
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In the same way that influencers earn commissions by curating shopping lists on platforms like LikeToKnowIt (LTK)—where every click-through or purchase generates revenue—Patel curates a network of luxury hotels, venues, and vendors.—
Sindhya Valloppillil,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Mandates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandates. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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