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- verb Present participle of
mandate .
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Examples
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Land of Mandates: Virginia has joined Texas in mandating the HPV vaccine.
Medpundit 2007
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California joins the United Kingdom in mandating that all new homes become carbon neutral in the near future.
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Now, what’s more is that in mandating that people purchase insurance to pay for medical care provided to the general public.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Drawing Lines in the Commerce Clause Debate on Health Care Reform 2010
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The phrase mandating that we prostrate ourselves and our nation before a Judeo-Christian deity wasn’t introduced until June 14, 1954.
...One Heterosexual Nation, Under God, With Liberty and Justice for Straight People 2008
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The CPSC is an independent regulatory agency and therefore, technically, it is not required to follow the president's executive orders such as the one Mr. Sunstein refers to mandating a "cost-effective approach to regulation."
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Second, the administration has consistently rejected a bolder approach to helping homeowners -- namely mandating a reduction in the debt owed so that homeowners can have some hope of getting back in positive territory.
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The biggest problem with the idea of mandating federalism through a constitutional amendment is that it does not account for the reason why things have become what they are, which is that the economy has evolved far beyond what anyone could have imagined when the Constitution was adopted.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Help Draft the Federalism Restoration Amendment 2010
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After visiting with women in managerial jobs, and the apparent stall in their progress - and the idea of mandating equal representation at the top of the corporate ladder (as in France and Norway) - h ...
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Men ',' After visiting with women in managerial jobs, and the apparent stall in their progress - and the idea of mandating equal representation at the top of the corporate ladder (as in France and Norway) - here\'s something on the cultural side: movies.
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Men ',' After visiting with women in managerial jobs, and the apparent stall in their progress - and the idea of mandating equal representation at the top of the corporate ladder (as in France and Norway) - here\'s something on the cultural side: movies.
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