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
Filip Timotija, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
Trump's mandates include instructing federal agencies to identify coal resources on federal lands, lift barriers to coal mining and prioritize coal leasing on federal lands.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Jackie Valley, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2025
The declaration of an Ozone Action Day doesn't mandate behavioral changes but recommends them.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
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Noun
At the time, women in those roles mostly served on noncombat vessels, a mandate that was terminated in 1993.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
Trump's mandates include instructing federal agencies to identify coal resources on federal lands, lift barriers to coal mining and prioritize coal leasing on federal lands.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
Although Idaho does not mandate the use of in-school threat assessment teams, 11 states in the U.S. do.
—Jackie Valley, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2025
The declaration of an Ozone Action Day doesn't mandate behavioral changes but recommends them.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
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Verb
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Robert King, 35, who was charged with transmitting interstate threats in federal court on Monday, was ordered to stay in detention by U.S. Magistrate Judge Renee Toliver after a hearing in Dallas on Wednesday afternoon, Fox News confirmed.—
Elizabeth Pritchett,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The shift comes after reports that the cuts were ordered by Jeremy Lewin, a close ally of Elon Musk, who now oversees USAID under Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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Roughly 985,000 people used the app to make appointments at a port of entry at the border, with those who entered often permitted to seek asylum and given temporary work authorization.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
8 Apr. 2025
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Finally, the system requires an efficient framework for authorization of all communications and data transfer based on principles of zero trust, in which every action by a user or device is authenticated, authorized and continuously validated.—
Julian Durand,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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After requesting and being granted his release from the Professional Fighters League, Pitbull signed with the UFC and has landed a major fight on one of the year’s biggest cards.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The prosecution requested that they be addressed using pseudonyms during trial.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Mandate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mandate. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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