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
ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2025
After an unfavorable appeals court decision in December, Nasdaq stopped mandating companies disclose their board gender and diversity stats.
—Julia Boorstin, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
To stop Google from mandating the new rules, F-Droid is urging governments to scrutinize the company and calling on users to press regulators to step in.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
As the company’s employment status offers Uber some financial liberties, mandating a camera could undermine Uber’s legal defense that the company is treating its drivers like employees.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025
The department started operations in 1980, after former President Carter signed an act mandating its creation in 1979.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
Ford recently implemented a new policy mandating a return to four days a week in the office for hybrid employees.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Ford recently implemented a new policy mandating a return to four days a week in the office for hybrid employees.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 15 Sep. 2025
In that sense, the order of mandating English serves as a political marker—an assertion of identity in an era of demographic transformation.
—Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
On Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act into law, requiring AI companies to disclose their safety practices while stopping short of mandating actual safety testing.
—ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2025
After an unfavorable appeals court decision in December, Nasdaq stopped mandating companies disclose their board gender and diversity stats.
—Julia Boorstin, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
To stop Google from mandating the new rules, F-Droid is urging governments to scrutinize the company and calling on users to press regulators to step in.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
As the company’s employment status offers Uber some financial liberties, mandating a camera could undermine Uber’s legal defense that the company is treating its drivers like employees.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025
The department started operations in 1980, after former President Carter signed an act mandating its creation in 1979.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
Ford recently implemented a new policy mandating a return to four days a week in the office for hybrid employees.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Ford recently implemented a new policy mandating a return to four days a week in the office for hybrid employees.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 15 Sep. 2025
In that sense, the order of mandating English serves as a political marker—an assertion of identity in an era of demographic transformation.
—Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandating
Verb
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Eliza Varadi, a pediatrician in South Carolina, told me that the murkiness around insurance coverage, coupled with lower demand, has prompted her practice to start ordering COVID vaccines just one box at a time—each a batch of 10 doses—to minimize the potential for loss.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
3 Oct. 2025
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The judge denied the motion, ordering the hip-hop mogul to remain in jail until sentencing.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Twelve years after the Kewaunee Power Station shuttered, wounding the local economy, owner EnergySolutions is seeking government approval to build a new nuclear plant at the site — and is trying to buy hundreds of acres of farmland around it.—
Miranda Dunlap,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The American Chiropractic Association has endorsed Avocado mattresses since 2020 and the mattress is 100% organic from its materials to production process, which gives Kovac all the more reason to give the bed a five-star approval from me.—
Kristi Kellogg,
Architectural Digest,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In 2022, Avery's trial lawyers, Dean Strang and Jerome Buting wrote a letter to Evers requesting clemency for Dassey.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Jesan escapes from defeat by kidnapping Ji-yeon and requesting Heon meet him alone.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The weight loss rivaled what's seen in people taking the latest costly prescription products, like Ozempic and Wegovy.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
5 Oct. 2025
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Rite Aid first filed for bankruptcy in October 2023, largely because of competition from bigger chains and its debt pile, which topped $4 billion due to expensive legal battles for allegedly filling unlawful opioid prescriptions.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Lapses in concentration and learning when to jump out of defence are areas Newcastle have been working on, while the recruitment team identified his one-versus-one defending and his off-the-ball decision-making around his own penalty box as requiring refinement.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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At its longest, the transformation process took over three hours, requiring Breckenridge to be outfitted with a prosthetic forehead piece, two cheek pieces, a nose piece, as well as fake eyebrows, a mustache, a beard, and a wig.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Donovan isn’t asking Giddey or Kevin Huerter to transform into elite one-on-one defenders.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Advocates recommend reaching out and asking them to explain the denial.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Death card shows up as sacred permission to shed a layer that no longer serves you.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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Reprinted by permission of Scribner, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Some of the commandments overlap with criminal law, such as prohibitions on murder and theft, but others do not.—
Jessie Balmert,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
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Pomegranate seeds, which are meant to represent the 613 mitzvot, or commandments, which are cited in the Jewish holy book, the Torah.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Mandating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandating. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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