Mandates

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of mandate form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of mandate form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Example

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"The Jim Crow laws, which were in effect from the 1880s to the 1960s, were state and local mandates that enforced racial segregation in the American South. The most common types of these laws outlawed intermarriage and required businesses and public institutions to separate their black and white patrons."

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