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
Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Dante One of the few lush, lean-back lunch experiences to debut since return-to-work mandates, Dante offers panoramic views of Beverly Hills and beyond from the top of the Maybourne hotel.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
Stacey Colino, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
If military lawyers interpret the deportation orders - which could involve millions of people - as legal, troops would be mandated to carry them out.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Gascón vowed to remake the district attorney’s office, seeing his election as a mandate for change.
—Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Dante One of the few lush, lean-back lunch experiences to debut since return-to-work mandates, Dante offers panoramic views of Beverly Hills and beyond from the top of the Maybourne hotel.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
This follows the passage of a 1993 law, mandating the inclusion of women in human clinical trials for all research funded by the National Institutes of Health.
—Stacey Colino, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
If military lawyers interpret the deportation orders - which could involve millions of people - as legal, troops would be mandated to carry them out.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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More evacuations have been ordered on the second day of the Mountain Fire, which has burned more than 20,000 acres in Ventura County.Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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On Tuesday, Vice President Nguema Obiang Mangue ordered new measures to prevent judiciary and ministry officials from engaging in illicit acts at work, a government statement said.Reuters, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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In June the Biden administration implemented an executive order restricting asylum and imposed stricter consequences for those who cross without authorization.Kristen Taketa, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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The company maintains a share repurchase program with approximately $2,297 million in Board authorization remaining as of October 31, 2024.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
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White played for the Los Angeles Rams but had requested a trade.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Voter registration records are removed when voters move from Delaware, pass away, request for their record to be removed, or their record is removed due to the NVRA address verification process.Patrick Maguire, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Mandate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandate. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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