How to Use mandate in a Sentence

mandate

1 of 2 noun
  • They carried out the governor's mandate to build more roads.
  • Royal mandates must be obeyed.
  • He won the election so convincingly that he believed he had been given a mandate for change.
  • Their mandate isn’t to catch up.
    — Jason Wingard, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Who couldn’t abide mask mandates.
    — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • To that end, met his mandate as a third-string point guard.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The mandate is to go, go, go, push, push, push, run, run, run.
    — Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The cards are meant to be a mirror, not a mandate.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
  • He was just elected on a mandate.
    — ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025
  • State law mandates judges must retire at that age.
    — Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Not getting caught was a key mandate.
    — Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The letter did not state for how long the mandate would be in place.
    — Bymary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2023
  • To be fair, this wasn’t a sweeping mandate.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
  • That statement felt less like a postgame quote and more like a mandate.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2026
  • Our second mandate emerged from the first.
    — Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026
  • Texas thrives with freedom, not mandates.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • This is not a mandate of Archbold.
    — Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Sonko won the mandate but Faye took office.
    — Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 25 May 2026
  • The county itself does not have a mask mandate, nor does the state.
    — Heather Hollingsworth and Ryan Foley, chicagotribune.com, 9 Dec. 2020
  • But all those mandates don’t leave a lot of room for personal style.
    — Allure Staff, Allure, 22 June 2017
  • Trump has given us mandate to enforce the law.
    — FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • There are reasons why people put these mandates in place.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The Founders didn't provide some sort of mandate that those states be first.
    — Arkansas Online, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Then came the rush of return-to-office mandates.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The mandate for all involved, though, was that the place should feel like a private home.
    — Sandra Ramani, Robb Report, 10 May 2022
  • The latter is a de facto mandate to withdraw from oil and gas.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 9 June 2021
  • His mandate was to come in and treat Bryant like just another coach.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The test is whether it was intended to work without the mandate.
    — Author: Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2020
  • And those of us on the Democratic side at least thought there was a mandate.
    — Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 4 Feb. 2026
  • If there was any official mandate that was handed down, it has been lost to time.
    — Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 1 June 2022

mandate

2 of 2 verb
  • The law mandates that every car have seat belts.
  • He won the election so convincingly that he believed the people had mandated him to carry out his policies.
  • It should be mandated by some sort of law.
    — Stepheny Price , Alexandra Koch , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Restaurants and public places mandate that all coats be checked.
    — Hollie McKay, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2020
  • The bill would mandate a duty of care for large platforms used by minors.
    — Adi Robertson, The Verge, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Davis said his office cannot mandate people wear a mask while voting.
    — al, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Both the city and state also mandate people wear masks when in public.
    — Jeff Adelson, NOLA.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • But the federal law does not mandate what those ratios should be.
    — Lillian Mongeau, USA TODAY, 28 June 2020
  • There are a few specific laws that mandate how to legally ride in the state.
    — Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Almost half of states require training but do not mandate how many hours.
    — Steven Rich, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Peer-to-peer learning builds trust where IT mandates fail.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • New York mandates four, while Arizona law calls for three.
    — James Densley, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Ohio and Utah have also drawn new maps, which were mandated this year.
    — Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Stakes are high in deciding whether or not to mandate, Veazey said .
    — Ariel Hart, ajc, 4 Oct. 2021
  • All want at least a year’s residency; some mandate two years.
    — Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2021
  • This rule, while easy to mandate, is more difficult to enforce.
    — Alan Arnette, Outside Online, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Changes would vary from town to town, since the proclamation does not mandate any changes to local rules.
    — Nick Caloway, CBS News, 18 May 2026
  • But Denver is not yet to the point of having to mandate such actions.
    — The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2026
  • More than half of all states already have some kind of law on the books mandating back-seat seat-belt usage.
    — Chris Carola, The Seattle Times, 30 Mar. 2019
  • The company has mandated its work back in the office five days a week.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The amendment also mandates that an owner may only lease one unit at a time.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Other sports such as squash have mandated such guidelines.
    — Arundathi Nair, NPR, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The move was also mandated by the people.
    — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Colorado is one of only four states that mandate overtime pay for farm workers.
    — Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Those in favor say states are mandated to maintain up-to-date voter lists.
    — CBS News, 8 June 2018
  • City health codes mandate at least one Covid vaccine shot to enter indoor gyms.
    — NBC News, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Some files have not been made public despite a law mandating their release.
    — Stephen Fowler, NPR, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The firearm will need to be pointed at a person to mandate being logged, Brink said.
    — Bree Burkitt, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Brown also has been criticized for waiting too long to mandate masks statewide.
    — oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2020
  • And governments can mandate rails in corridors tied to aid or trade.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025

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