How to Use regulate in a Sentence

regulate

verb

• The dam regulates the flow of water into the river.
• The government regulates how much lead may be found in our water supply.
• We need better laws to regulate the content of the Internet.
• Laws have been made to regulate working conditions.
• The department regulates foreign trade.
• But there are rules that regulate what can be put into the bill.
  — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 23 June 2025
• Share it with someone who can co-regulate with you.
  — Marc Brackett, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
• Fiber keeps you fuller for longer and regulates your appetite.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
• That led to a crackdown in the city and a new system to regulate them.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
• The law remains at the heart of the state's debate over how to regulate guns.
  — Fifth & Mission Podcast, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 June 2022
• Ban the box laws regulate the timing of inquiries.
  — Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
• How are at-home tests regulated?
  — Sara Braun, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
• That system means unions regulate agents.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 May 2026
• In fact, dozens of agencies regulate modern civic life.
  — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
• Some of these people worked on projects that couldn’t be sold; others worked to regulate the ones that could.
  — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
• An adult can co-regulate an anxious or stressed child by cooing to or cuddling them.
  — USA Today, 15 June 2022
• Other bills that hope to regulate tech companies are in the same boat.
  — Megan McCluskey, Time, 14 Sep. 2022
• The bees must regulate the nest’s climate by heating and cooling it.
  — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
• Thiel added that there are several ways to regulate the issue.
  — Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
• That means the gap between what’s known and what’s regulated will keep shifting.
  — Ryan Brennan may 27, Miami Herald, 27 May 2026
• For instance, the donor pig was equipped with genes to help prevent blood clots and regulate blood vessel strength.
  — Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 20 Jan. 2022
• Oatmeal is rich in fiber, which helps regulate blood sugar control.
  — Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Health, 25 Sep. 2025
• The move is the latest in a more than decade-long battle over whether to regulate perchlorate.
  — Michael Phillis, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2026
• Instead, the game is regulated by its players, who call and dispute their own fouls.
  — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
• Banks are tightly regulated by laws meant to protect consumers from theft and fraud.
  — Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
• No, the bill does not regulate homeschooling.
  — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2026
• Is your space reflecting your mood or regulating it?
  — Colin Bedell, Them., 17 Sep. 2025
• Congress can regulate the outer limits of what district maps could look like.
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 16 Feb. 2022
• There are also ordinances on the books in Wauwatosa that regulate door-to-door sales.
  — Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2022
• The fiber found in oatmeal can impact hormones that regulate hunger and appetite.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 18 Apr. 2024