How to Use unregulated in a Sentence
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But be aware that the field is unregulated in the United States.
—Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2020
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The smoke from frat boy cigars, unregulated cigarettes and a few furtive reefers rose to the rafters.
—Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 6 May 2018
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Since the fight was unregulated, the promoter was able to make his own rules.
—John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2020
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That makes jokes a lot of power to just throw around unregulated.
—Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 19 June 2019
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In New York, the state took years to issue licenses and left a void that spurred an influx of unregulated stores.
—Haley Bemiller, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
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Such sales are unregulated, so there is no record of the buyer, seller or firearm.
—Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2019
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Such risks are rife in the industry, which remains largely unregulated in the U.S. and in many markets around the world.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2023
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The markets for this fuel source are largely unregulated, with prices tracking to the cost of crude oil.
—Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 6 Dec. 2022
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The internet as a whole is much more free and unregulated.
—Donie O'Sullivan and Richa Naik, CNN, 6 Sep. 2022
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In the unregulated market, with none of that loss in profit, the weed bodega is a potential gold mine.
—Curbed, 28 Sep. 2022
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Charles-Heathers said many kids are unaware of the risk from the unregulated e-cigarettes.
—oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2019
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The young creators’ claims helped shed light on the lucrative and largely unregulated world of child YouTube stardom, which some have likened to the Wild West.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
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The unregulated bridges are typically those with a span of less than 20 feet.
—Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 30 June 2023
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And in unregulated markets (which will occur somewhere in U.S.), the price of the product is going to get close to zero.
—Greg Bettinelli, Recode, 15 May 2018
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Experts say science doesn't back the ice hack diet up and that the supplement at the heart of the diet is both unregulated and unproven.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
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The April 8 meeting marked the first reading of an ordinance that would limit the sale of unregulated cannabis-like products in the village.
—Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
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It’s the still mostly-unregulated NIL space that Saban is saying should have more of the parity.
—Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 17 May 2022
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Part of the problem is that the mental health app market is wildly unregulated.
—WIRED, 1 Oct. 2022
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For decades, the city has allowed the rentals to continue unregulated.
—Phil Diehl, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 June 2018
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If the guard is employed by the store, they likely are unlicensed and unregulated.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2023
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Japan has been cracking down on the largely unregulated home-sharing giant over the past year, as more and more tourists flock to the island country.
—Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2018
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And the sector is largely unregulated, leaving it wide open to scams.
—Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022
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The threat to DAFs’ unregulated status doesn’t just come from Congress.
—Ben Steverman, Bloomberg.com, 14 June 2020
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Listen to a Post Reports episode about the unregulated industry of deep-sea tourism.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
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The industry’s size and influence have now grown to the point that leaving it unregulated is no longer an option.
—Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post, 27 July 2019
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Elk were native to Wisconsin but wiped out in the 1800s due to unregulated hunting and habitat loss.
—Christopher Kuhagen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2019
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The religious landscape in America is as close to a free and unregulated market as may be found anywhere in the world.
—Dallas Morning News, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2019
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Parker has sought in the past to crack down on the largely unregulated body broker industry.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2024
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When rules are vague and confusing, people might turn to an unregulated black market or to opioids.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 29 May 2025
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The change opened the door to the billion dollar — and essentially unregulated — industry.
—Virginia Bridges, Charlotte Observer, 9 June 2025
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