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

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 In July, a federal judge ordered ICE to institute sweeping changes at the Adelanto center, mandating improvements in the provision of water, food, sanitation and medical care. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 What this has led to is mandating employees to start conversations — the current cliche is asking what the client is doing for the rest of the day — that are both intrusive and time-consuming. — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 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 No federal legislation mandating or incentivizing a four-day week is on the near-term horizon. — Dan Schawbel, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 Lawmakers cite several reasons for mandating cursive in schools. — Mary Jean Tecce Decarlo, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026 Several states also have two-party consent laws mandating that all parties involved in an interaction have to consent to it being recorded. — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 19 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandating

Noun

The president has in your own polling, 36% job approval, 31% approving of his handling of the war.

— NBC news, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
Regulators eventually granted approval, but only after conducting a formal review.

— Bernard Condon, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of approval

Verb

By the time states began ordering the phones out, a generation had spent its childhood inundated by screens.

— Washington Post, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026
Not knowing what to do with themselves, Sonnenfeld and Place decamped for the Ivy, ordering gimlets despite the early hour.

— Dan Heching, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

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Common hazards include prescription and over-the-counter medications, vitamins, cleaning and laundry products, cosmetics, pesticides, automotive fluids, and batteries.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
Given these trends, and the fact that clinicians often turn to medication for treating depression regardless of the severity, the uptick in antidepressant prescriptions since 2020 should come as no surprise.

— Andrew McLean, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of prescription

Verb

The Florida Supreme Court last week denied Conahan's final appeals, including one requesting additional testing on DNA collected from the victim.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
O’Connell specifically recommends requesting a pre-move-out inspection so the landlord can flag problems while there’s still time to fix them.

— Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of requesting

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With permission turned on, OlloBot says the SS1 can recognize moments such as laughter or celebrations and capture them automatically.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
In 1971, for instance, eighty-six per cent of English elementary-school children had permission to walk home from school alone; that number dropped to thirty-five per cent in 1990, and to twenty-five per cent in 2010.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of permission

Verb

Since the creation of the Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) in 2011, there have been four categories of academies, each requiring an ascending level of investment and support staff.

— Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
In July, the Arapaho and Shoshone councils passed ordinances requiring religious groups to seek their approval before operating on Wind River.

— Savannah Peters, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of requiring

Noun

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
Here’s how von Neumann’s first commandment of quantum physics came to be, and how to understand it.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of commandment

Verb

Missouri is asking the Supreme Court to overturn the state Supreme Court’s blockage of a new congressional map ahead of the November general election.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
But asking whether the problem is useful is the wrong question, Verhoeff argues.

— Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2026

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