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the voltage regulator will make sure your car's alternator gets the right amount of electricity
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The sets were worth the wait, moody and alluring and brimming with scandalous modern art and sour colors chosen to make the English Heritage building regulators faint.
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The cases stem from a joint FBI and state Department of Justice probe in which agents and regulators seized about 21 boxes of financial records from Barnes' Here For You.
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Others pointed to parts of the overall travel experience that are taking a toll on passengers as well, adding that airlines and regulators should bear more of the burden for bringing back civility than passengers.
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The dummy's design had previously been embraced by some regulators overseas, with European officials indicating plans to add it to tests within a few years.
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Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 21 Nov. 2025
The cases stem from a joint FBI and state Department of Justice probe in which agents and regulators seized about 21 boxes of financial records from Barnes' Here For You.
—Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 21 Nov. 2025
Others pointed to parts of the overall travel experience that are taking a toll on passengers as well, adding that airlines and regulators should bear more of the burden for bringing back civility than passengers.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2025
The dummy's design had previously been embraced by some regulators overseas, with European officials indicating plans to add it to tests within a few years.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Regulator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regulator. Accessed 24 Nov. 2025.
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regulator
noun
reg·u·la·tor
ˈreg-yə-ˌlāt-ər 
1
: one that regulates
2
Legal Definition
regulator
noun
reg·u·la·tor
ˈre-gyə-ˌlā-tər
: one (as a government agency) that regulates
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