mandate
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Warsh’s testimony also suggested that the Fed would operate with a more limited mandate under his supervision.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
A former Mig-29 fighter pilot and commander-in-chief of the Bulgarian Air Force, his victory is impressive by Bulgarian standards, but does not give Progressive Bulgaria a strong enough mandate to govern alone.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
“The team would need to have a strong mandate to guarantee access to sites and personnel,” possibly backed up by the threat of force if Tehran didn’t comply, Albright said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
The Safer Skies Act expanded that mandate to roughly 18,000 law-enforcement agencies and 6,000 correctional facilities across the country.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
In December, though he lacked an official mandate to do so, Burnham secretly mailed inquiries to five men, “feeling confident that I would carry my point.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing mandate
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