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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 curse of scale is hardly a fear of Coplan, a 27-year-old New York University dropout who traded cryptocurrencies as a teenager and launched Polymarket without the blessing of any regulators.
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Bobby Allyn, NPR, 6 Mar. 2026
While state statute only allows for fines of $500 per violation per day, regulators didn’t feel a $500 or $1,000 fine adequately addressed the violation, Zach Hope, Division of Oil and Public Safety spokesperson, said Friday.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026
Newsom told regulators in 2021 to stop issuing fracking permits and phase out oil extraction by 2045.
—Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The Disney-Fox merger cleared the Justice Department and other regulators with relative ease, as some analysts pointed to the ability of the companies to point to a competitive landscape that also included Netflix and Amazon.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2026
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Bobby Allyn, NPR, 6 Mar. 2026
While state statute only allows for fines of $500 per violation per day, regulators didn’t feel a $500 or $1,000 fine adequately addressed the violation, Zach Hope, Division of Oil and Public Safety spokesperson, said Friday.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026
Newsom told regulators in 2021 to stop issuing fracking permits and phase out oil extraction by 2045.
—Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The Disney-Fox merger cleared the Justice Department and other regulators with relative ease, as some analysts pointed to the ability of the companies to point to a competitive landscape that also included Netflix and Amazon.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Regulator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regulator. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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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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