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the president of the sports league has mandated drug testing for all active members
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Recent Examples of mandating
Hope Hodge Seck, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
In Maine, widely considered a blue state, a measure mandating voters provide photo ID before voting failed.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2025
Unemployment remained close to 10% and Republicans were angry that Obamacare was mandating health care coverage for most people.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2025
This is because the full appropriations required to fund SNAP benefits is not available, and will not become available until the government shutdown ends or standalone legislation is potentially passed mandating funding for the program.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Oklahoma’s former state education Superintendent Ryan Walters oversaw several controversial education policies in recent years, including mandating in 2024 that all Oklahoma public teachers incorporate the Bible into their lesson plans.
—Emery Petchauer, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
Since taking office in 2019, Newsom has done everything possible to vilify and attack our state’s energy industry through litigation and by mandating dozens of burdensome regulations on energy producers.
—Will Oneill, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
Guinea, the world’s top bauxite exporter, has begun mandating that foreign mining companies invest in local alumina refineries to increase value.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
State law currently prohibits municipalities from mandating sprinklers.
—Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
Service members such as Partezana were sworn to silence for 43 years following the tests — until the law mandating that silence was lifted in 1996 — and given little warning about the harmful physical side effects of nuclear fallout.
—Hope Hodge Seck, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
In Maine, widely considered a blue state, a measure mandating voters provide photo ID before voting failed.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2025
Unemployment remained close to 10% and Republicans were angry that Obamacare was mandating health care coverage for most people.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2025
This is because the full appropriations required to fund SNAP benefits is not available, and will not become available until the government shutdown ends or standalone legislation is potentially passed mandating funding for the program.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Oklahoma’s former state education Superintendent Ryan Walters oversaw several controversial education policies in recent years, including mandating in 2024 that all Oklahoma public teachers incorporate the Bible into their lesson plans.
—Emery Petchauer, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
Since taking office in 2019, Newsom has done everything possible to vilify and attack our state’s energy industry through litigation and by mandating dozens of burdensome regulations on energy producers.
—Will Oneill, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
Guinea, the world’s top bauxite exporter, has begun mandating that foreign mining companies invest in local alumina refineries to increase value.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
State law currently prohibits municipalities from mandating sprinklers.
—Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandating
Noun
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Warner possesses valuable European sports rights that would require government approvals to sell.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Several Japanese companies, including Toyota, are investing roughly $7 billion (1 trillion yen) in local battery production, supported by government certifications such as METI approval for domestic manufacturing of solid-state batteries.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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In ordering the culling, CFIA repeatedly cited the need to prevent damage to the country’s nearly $7 billion poultry industry.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Participants are asked to avoid shopping, streaming, ordering online and purchasing fast food.—
Alex Perry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In nine of the 10 states, at least 15% of the population have GLP-1 prescriptions, according to insurance claims data.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Their prescription for Democrats included a plea to stop focusing on identity politics, to infuse the party with young blood and to talk about affordability issues affecting Americans.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Arkansas Department of Human Services spokesperson Gavin Lesnick did not respond to an email requesting clarification on the minimum allotments.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2025
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That changed after Adair went to more than a dozen bars in the Madison area requesting to watch a women's sports game.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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India became Sri Lanka’s de facto lender of last resort without requiring the Sri Lankan government to address concerns about the human rights abuses, militarization, or corruption that fueled the country’s political crisis.—
MUHIB RAHMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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His relationship with the company predates the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, the federal law requiring manufacturers to publicly disclose their payments to doctors.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
12 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Used with the permission of the publisher, Simon & Schuster.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Revoke any unnecessary permissions immediately.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Nestled on a picturesque blufftop parcel directly overlooking Paradise Cove beach, and offering around 90 feet of ocean frontage, the almost half-acre spread is asking a speck under $60 million, after first hitting the market for $75 million in early 2023.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
11 Nov. 2025
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The company is also focused on expanding team features, letting small businesses of 20-50 people share customer context so everyone knows a client’s history and preferences without asking twice.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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By then, the preeminent fashion genius of the third quarter of the 20th century and the designer so often credited with inventing the modern woman’s wardrobe had handed prêt-à-porter over to his assistants, who clung as if by commandment to the house dogma of bourgeois Parisian elegance.—
Rob Haskell,
Vogue,
20 Oct. 2025
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Its followers strictly adhere to the 29 commandments of Guru Jambheshwar, which include the sacred principles of worshiping and protecting all animals.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Mandating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandating. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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