as in accreditation
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
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as in to order
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 mandate
Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2025
The mandate has been put in place by the governing body to allow team members of all ranks to take time off.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025
Ohio last redrew maps in 2021, but because it wasn’t done in a bipartisan manner, they are mandated to redraw them after four years.
—Keely Bastow, The Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The Office of Personnel Management had overseen the responses, but several agencies and other parts of the government had already phased out the mandate.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2025
The mandate has been put in place by the governing body to allow team members of all ranks to take time off.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
The absent attention to detail beyond what’s stylish, combined with the neat-and-tidy aesthetic mandated for broadly appealing teen dramas, puts the focus back on what Season 2 is trying to say, which isn’t much.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025
Ohio last redrew maps in 2021, but because it wasn’t done in a bipartisan manner, they are mandated to redraw them after four years.
—Keely Bastow, The Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandate
Verb
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Attorneys for Bedrock Healthcare argue the court's decision to order the nursing homes into receivership was hasty and unnecessary.—
Tamia Fowlkes,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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After spending months cutting funds to researchers, many grants-management specialists then had to undo that work in a matter of days, after a federal judge ordered the agency to immediately reinstate hundreds of grants.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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What used to require a single prior authorization could now face multiple layers, which means more delays and higher denial rates.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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Restrictions should include prohibiting sharing information about residents, removing federal agents from local police facilities, and rescinding or narrowing authorizations to enforce local law.—
Spencer Reynolds,
Time,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The Star requested a comment from the league and asked if any consideration had been given to the heat advisory issued days in advance.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
17 Aug. 2025
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The front desk clerk twice contacted DCS to report apparent signs of abuse and request a welfare check, but the agency did not respond, according to the claim.—
Mary Jo Pitzl,
AZCentral.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Mandate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandate. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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