The phrase "mandatory trend" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a trend or pattern that is required or expected to be followed by a certain group or society. Example: The mandatory trend in the fashion industry this year is bright colors and bold patterns.
In the 1970s, New York's tough narcotics laws spurred a nationwide trend toward mandatory minimum sentences.
That's welcome news in the state that has squandered many young lives and started the national trend toward mandatory sentencing.
New York's drug sentencing laws, imposed during a heroin epidemic that was devastating urban areas nearly four decades ago, helped spur a nationwide trend toward mandatory sentences in drug crimes.
The report, compiled by the New York Civil Liberties Union and based on 10 years of previously undisclosed suspension statistics, echoed a nationwide trend toward mandatory suspensions for an increasing variety of infractions.
"I think drug dealing is a violent crime". House Bill 992, narrowly approved by the General Assembly last month, would put Maryland among two dozen states turning back a 25-year national trend toward mandatory minimum sentences for some drug crimes.
For instance, there is a growing trend towards mandatory disclosure on climate change and other environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors by companies, including at the international level At present, most mandatory disclosure schemes target corporations in the real economy and their direct GHG emissions.
Together with the trend towards mandatory and public reporting of HAI rates [2], this underscores the need for more effective surveillance efforts.
A long-waged battle disguised as a consumer-driven trend, the mandatory GMO labeling movement is a ruse to eliminate genetic engineering technologies and increase market share of so-called "non-GMO" and organic foods.
The trend toward mandatory tax disclosure seems to have petered out quickly.
The San Juan Water District's especially steep backslide stood out as part of a statewide trend: With mandatory state restrictions lifted, the overwhelming majority of local suppliers saved less this summer, according to a Times analysis of state water data.
