as in ordered
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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After years of delays, a federal settlement filed by the center and won in 2022 mandated the government to decide whether to list monarchs as threatened by September 2024.
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Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
While pushing the adoption of EVs, the US has also mandated by law that batteries retain 80 percent capacity even after eight years of operation.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
Apple—alongside Meta and Google—will fight hard to maintain the encryption status quo and prevent monitoring or backdoor access from being mandated.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The plan mandated automakers build zero-emission vehicles.
—Jack Mitchell, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
The severe accident management program is mandated by national and international legislation.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 6 Dec. 2024
Hanging in the balance is whether transgender individuals will have access to health care and be protected by federal antidiscrimination laws or be at the mercy of state- and federal-mandated orders.
—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
Consumer product goods companies like PepsiCo faced a quandary earlier this year when the EU mandated that caps must be tethered to bottles.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Additional testing mandated by the EPA turned up a second leak later that month.
—Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco / Grist, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
While pushing the adoption of EVs, the US has also mandated by law that batteries retain 80 percent capacity even after eight years of operation.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
Apple—alongside Meta and Google—will fight hard to maintain the encryption status quo and prevent monitoring or backdoor access from being mandated.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The plan mandated automakers build zero-emission vehicles.
—Jack Mitchell, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
The severe accident management program is mandated by national and international legislation.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 6 Dec. 2024
Hanging in the balance is whether transgender individuals will have access to health care and be protected by federal antidiscrimination laws or be at the mercy of state- and federal-mandated orders.
—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
Consumer product goods companies like PepsiCo faced a quandary earlier this year when the EU mandated that caps must be tethered to bottles.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Additional testing mandated by the EPA turned up a second leak later that month.
—Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco / Grist, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
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