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
Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
Add to that challenge historic façades subject to rigorous review and an ambitious sustainability mandate—a big job became more complicated still.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 18 Mar. 2025
Nathan Kattapuram, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2025
Unlike the Guinness records, these have strict protocols that mandate visual and other types of proof before a record is awarded.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2025
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Noun
In calling elections, Young is seeking his own mandate at a time when Trinidad, like other Caribbean nations, is concerned about how other countries’ policies stand to affect it, and when the country’s main opposition, the United National Congress, may not be able to put up much of a fight.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2025
Add to that challenge historic façades subject to rigorous review and an ambitious sustainability mandate—a big job became more complicated still.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 18 Mar. 2025
Verb
For instance, California’s A.B. 2668 mandates $750 annual coverage for cranial prostheses per patient.
—Nathan Kattapuram, Baltimore Sun, 19 Mar. 2025
Unlike the Guinness records, these have strict protocols that mandate visual and other types of proof before a record is awarded.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2025
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Verb
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The strikes conducted Saturday by the U.S. military against Ansar Allah targets marked the largest-scale operation ordered by Trump since beginning his second non-consecutive term in office in January.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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They could be ordered through a catalog and were relatively affordable, said Anuja Navare, the director of collections at the Pasadena Museum of History, which maintains a private registry of homes with Batchelder tiles.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2025
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In 2022, immigrants working in the United States without legal authorization paid $25.7 billion in Social Security taxes and $6.4 billion in Medicare taxes, according to a recent analysis from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.—
Jane C. Timm,
NBC News,
19 Mar. 2025
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Their hypothetical rap sheet could begin and end with entering the U.S. illegally, a misdemeanor, or residing in the U.S. without authorization, a civil offense.—
Nelson Mauricio Rauda Zablah,
The Christian Science Monitor,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In 2024 alone, applicants requested $585 million in federal funding, nearly five times more than the transportation department made available that round.—
Ben Goldfarb,
Vox,
14 Mar. 2025
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Myles Garret requested a trade, but shockingly turned around and signed a huge extension not long after.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Mandate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandate. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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