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Recent Examples of reg There's also climate change regs, union mandates, wholesale access requirements... all kinds of left-wing priorities on the program that divert resources away from the overall goal of closing broadband gaps. Ars Technica, 4 Feb. 2025 But under Garland, the DOJ has a history of claiming the regs are not enforceable and of picking and choosing which ones to apply. The Editors, National Review, 15 Jan. 2025 Rescind those regulations, pull those regs back, and then that gives us the industrial logic to then downsize the size of that administrative state. Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2024 The biggest industries — AI, energy, financial services (crypto included) and defense — are expected to benefit big-time with lighter regs and lower taxes. Axios, 19 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for reg
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Noun
  • Officials are encouraging air passengers to ensure bags are compliant with TSA regulations and to bring a Real ID or other acceptable identification such as a passport.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
  • Real progress likely depends on systemic change: bold regulations to limit plastic production, major investments in alternative materials, and the will to challenge an industry that has polluted our planet for decades.
    Aissa Dearing, JSTOR Daily, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Under current Department of Education rules, PSLF eligibility depends on working full-time for a qualifying employer, primarily government agencies or 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.
    Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • Romance has always been a popular genre, but is often stigmatized for the same reason hordes of people seek it out: its set rules.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • In exchange, the FOA expected to get access the code base, diagnostic codes for maintenance, and other IP.
    Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 20 May 2025
  • The officers told the men they were detained because the vehicle’s lights were on while stationary — an unlawful interpretation of Chicago’s municipal code, COPA later found.
    Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • But now, current and former officials say, there's a sense that the division is weaponizing the country's civil rights laws against populations it's supposed to be protecting.
    Ryan Lucas, NPR, 19 May 2025
  • But efforts at the federal level fell short, including a congressional attempt, in 1995, to enact a law making English the exclusive language of the federal government and repealing the bilingual requirements of the Voting Rights Act.
    Graciela Mochkofsky, New Yorker, 19 May 2025

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“Reg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reg. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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