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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More than 90% of those hired already lived within city limits, especially in neighborhoods on the Southwest and Northwest sides that, for generations, have been home to scores of CPD officers and other municipal workers mandated to live in Chicago.
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Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2025
Be The First To Set A New Standard In a reputation-sensitive environment, companies and leaders who self-regulate early often earn stakeholder trust before it’s mandated.
—Natalie Dolphin, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The program had been mandated by Congress, yet Homeland Security’s top lawyer was saying it could be investigated under a law reserved for organized crime syndicates.
—J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 8 Apr. 2025
The ruling puts on hold a lower court judge's order that had mandated the reinstatement of more than 16,000 probationary workers, as legal challenges to the administration's downsizing plan continue to play out in the courts.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
We are required by law to have it for our cars, mandated by our mortgage holders to have it for our homes and, for affordable housing operators and developers, required by our regulatory agreements to maintain prescribed levels of coverage.
—John A. Crotty, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
In the late 1990s, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated folic acid fortification in some grain products.
—Jennifer Lefton, Ms, Rd/n, Cnsc, Fand, Verywell Health, 7 Apr. 2025
Unreliable data Data on police pursuits is far from complete and not mandated by any federal agency.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
Illinois mandated tests for drivers at age 75 but raised it to 79 during the pandemic.
—Brad Weisenstein, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2025
Be The First To Set A New Standard In a reputation-sensitive environment, companies and leaders who self-regulate early often earn stakeholder trust before it’s mandated.
—Natalie Dolphin, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The program had been mandated by Congress, yet Homeland Security’s top lawyer was saying it could be investigated under a law reserved for organized crime syndicates.
—J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 8 Apr. 2025
The ruling puts on hold a lower court judge's order that had mandated the reinstatement of more than 16,000 probationary workers, as legal challenges to the administration's downsizing plan continue to play out in the courts.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
We are required by law to have it for our cars, mandated by our mortgage holders to have it for our homes and, for affordable housing operators and developers, required by our regulatory agreements to maintain prescribed levels of coverage.
—John A. Crotty, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
In the late 1990s, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated folic acid fortification in some grain products.
—Jennifer Lefton, Ms, Rd/n, Cnsc, Fand, Verywell Health, 7 Apr. 2025
Unreliable data Data on police pursuits is far from complete and not mandated by any federal agency.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
Illinois mandated tests for drivers at age 75 but raised it to 79 during the pandemic.
—Brad Weisenstein, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Mandated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandated. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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