MANDATING Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

mandating 1 of 2

noun

as in approval

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mandating

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verb

present participle of mandate

as in ordering

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 mandating

Noun

Where was this concern when the media was encouraging the mandating of nearly every complicated piece of safety technology that became available? — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2026

Verb

Drawing has long been regarded as an intellectual activity, something generated, above all, by the mind, with its capacity for conceiving, imagining, and mandating. — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026 Hawaii has no statewide requirement or policy mandating instruction specifically on 9/11, the state Department of Education said. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026 As part of its vote, the council also approved an amendment introduced by Councilmember Adrin Nazarian recommending the city attorney assess potential legal liabilities for mandating in-person training requirements. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Is there any reason to believe that mandating a 90% threshold would make things better? — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2026 Some recommendations include mandating body cameras for caseworkers and ensuring that people with multiple investigative complaints are disqualified from being adoptive parents. — Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026 In Louisville, Kentucky, city lawmakers passed a measure in July mandating certain businesses open late at night hire private security. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026 And as part of an ongoing push to ask more staff to work in-person at key office locations, Uber is also mandating that only about 1% of employees can be remote going forward. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026 In response to these concerns, Pérez said the new legislation will provide state agencies with more time to enact regulations instead of mandating immediate state oversight. — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandating

Noun

At this point, ahead of the 2018 midterms, where Republicans lost 40 seats in the House, that approval number was 49 percent.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
The project, and any accompanying incentives, will still need approval from the City Council at a later date.

— Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of approval

Verb

From development to production The contract represents a shift for Increment 2 as the Army begins ordering the missile while testing continues.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
In the past, the NIH determined funding by ordering grants based on scientific merit scores assigned by expert peer reviewers.

— John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of ordering

Noun

Her husband hurriedly shut the door and begged her to see a doctor for a tranquilizer prescription.

— Elvira Navarro, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Every day, Hy-Vee pharmacy manager Erin Jensen dispenses prescriptions for GLP-1 drugs, the weight-loss medications that have more than tripled in popularity in the last two years in the United States.

— Israel Schuman, Des Moines Register, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of prescription

Noun

Over time, Amazon introduced agentic capabilities, which meant the AI could then reason, plan, and act on a seller’s behalf with their permission.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
The new product will let users listen to music, make calls and talk with an AI assistant — there’s just no screen, and no video recording, which has raised privacy concerns with some users recording people without permission.

— Kaitlyn Huamani, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of permission

Verb

Maybe that’s because these challenging and seemingly intractable problems are usually treated as separate crises requiring separate solutions.

— Stanley McChrystal, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026
Fortunately, Proposition 39’s crafters left mail ballots pretty much alone, except for requiring a nuisance PIN on the ballot envelope.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of requiring

Noun

This is, of course, the conception of fundamentalist theology, which threatens eternal hellfire for anyone who defies its commandments.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
The first commandment of my Grove tent is that the chicken shall be Popeye’s (dark meat, no tenders), for all the obvious reasons.

— Wright Thompson, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2026

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