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- Keep an eye on the InnerCircle feed in particular, because that's where you'll hear about staff meetings, mandatory gatherings, and any breaking news.†
p. 100.4 *
- There were meetings of every conceivable department—R&D, search, social, outreach, professional networking, philanthropic, ad sales, and with a plummeting of her stomach, Mae saw that she'd missed a meeting, deemed "pretty much mandatory" for all newbies.†
p. 103.6
- It was a semi-mandatory welcome party for a group of potential partners.†
p. 177.9
- It was across campus, in the Old West—how had she missed a semi-mandatory event?†
p. 178.1
- No, no, no. There wasn't, you know, mandatory work here on the weekend.†
p. 182.6
- But we have to remember that there are all kinds of things that are mandatory for citizens of this country—and these things are mandatory in most industrialized countries.†
p. 391.7
- But we have to remember that there are all kinds of things that are mandatory for citizens of this country—and these things are mandatory in most industrialized countries.†
p. 391.8
- That's mandatory.†
p. 391.8
- But it's mandatory.†
p. 391.9
- It's also mandatory that you register for the draft, right?†
p. 391.9
- Even in the countries where it's mandatory, it's not really enforced.†
p. 392.5
- "And if it's mandatory to have a TruYou account to pay taxes or receive any government service," she said, "then we're very close to having 100 percent of the citizenry.†
p. 394.8
- Your mandatory thing, and the positive reaction it's gotten—this is the last step toward closing the Circle, and that can't happen.†
p. 404.2
- Once it's mandatory to have an account, and once all government services are channeled through the Circle, you'll have helped create the world's first tyrannical monopoly.†
p. 404.5
- That participation, at their beck and call, is mandatory?†
p. 404.7
- Democracy is mandatory here!†
p. 406.4
- And in those cases, you'd be using a mobile device to tag that person, given you wouldn't have the benefit of a conviction to ensure the mandatory chip or bracelet.†
p. 424.5
- But I didn't picture a world where Circle membership was mandatory, where all government and all life was channeled through one network—†
p. 485.8
- Your mandatory Circle account idea, and his chip.†
p. 486.5
- Then, when they're old enough to vote, to participate, their membership is mandatory.†
p. 486.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(mandatory as in: it is mandatory) required by rule or law
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely and historically, mandatory can refer to a League of Nations country that holds a mandate over a territory.