Definition of "mandates" []

• Plural form of mandate. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mandate. (verb)

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• "For the record, many progressives opposed mandates from the get-go, and many others were willing to tolerate them only on condition that a ROBUST public option existed as a safety valve, and jumped ship when the latter was no longer on the table."
• "It is simply unjust and a violation of the rights of so many Hispanics that the most vital policy mandates from the Supreme Court are issued in English only."
• "A soon as insurance companies are forced to take individuals with pre-existing conditions, eliminate all yearly or lifetimne and get socked with vene more mandates from the federal goverment, businesses won't be able to affored coverage and then drop their health plans like flies."