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

Stricter regulatory mandates, the arrival of digital product passports and a mounting waste crisis are converging to force brands and manufacturers to adapt. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026

State law mandates that voters must register at least 15 days before an election. — Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Ladapo proposed new Florida health rules in October 2026 to drop mandates for four vaccines required for school attendance. — Liv Coleman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026

Second, organizational structure post-pandemic may not be optimal for making in-office mandates work. — Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026

The position comes with the power to declare public health emergencies, forcibly quarantine people and set vaccine mandates for illnesses such as chickenpox that fall outside the state Legislature’s framework of seven childhood vaccine mandates. — Liv Coleman, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026

Creating an independent, nonpartisan Council on Local Mandates to provide legislators with cost estimates for new mandates imposed on cities and towns. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2026

Because the federal government has not met its own mandates to store the waste, utilities have sued to cover the cost of doing so. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026

Temasek Trust’s agreement notes that any specific financing deals will be considered separately, subject to each party’s mandates and approvals. — Lara Murray-Sterzel, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026

Verb

Florida health policy on vaccine mandates One of the first choices awaiting Donalds will be whom to appoint as Florida surgeon general, a position created in 2007. — Liv Coleman, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2026

The legal framework for religious organizations in the country has become even more restrictive following Lukashenko’s signing of a new law that mandates the reregistration of all religious communities. — ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026

Vaccine mandates One of the first choices awaiting the new governor will be whom to appoint as Florida surgeon general, a position created in 2007. — Liv Coleman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026

After the judge’s ruling, prosecutors considered applying a new Florida law that mandates death sentences for undocumented immigrants convicted of capital offenses, since Lopez Andrade is an undocumented Honduran national. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026

In North America, Kahan will be using the Face Value Exchange program, which mandates that tickets purchased on Ticketmaster are nontransferable and can only be resold for face value on that ticketing site. — Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026

More recently, a department official admitted in a private hearing to underreporting misdemeanor domestic abuse allegations after the state passed a law that mandates reporting and can trigger permanent bans from police work in California. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

The Minneapolis City Council approved an ordinance earlier this month that mandates a human monitor in driverless cars. — Reg Chapman, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

For one, the law mandates that states adopt intensive new work requirements for older adults and others, resulting in voluminous additional monthly paperwork. — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2026