as in rules
lawful control over the affairs of a political unit (as a nation)
with the start of the new year, a new party will have regimen over the nation and, hopefully, bring some much-needed change
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Recent Examples of regimens
Just as in 2023, the real verdict on Snapdragon’s X2 laptop ambitions will come only when X2 Elite and Elite Extreme silicon arrives in retail devices, running on varied OEM designs and tested under our own, and others’, independent benchmarking regimens.
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Wendy Sheehan Donnell, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
Eastern-style methods, including tongue and pulse diagnoses, along with the more Western-nodding body composition analysis, nutritional advice and detox regimens like the three-day program designed by tennis legend Novak Djokovic, enable guests to tailor their ideal wellness retreat.
—Terry Elward, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The India-meets-NYC brand borrows from Burmese women’s sacred and millennia-old beauty regimens, promising numerous skin benefits like brightening, smoothing, and deep-cleaning.
—Abby Dupes, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
Despite trying everything from extreme calorie restriction to intense workout regimens, lasting success remained elusive.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Both were treated with heavy antibiotic regimens and recovered, though patient 2 relapsed in November, requiring another hospital stay.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2025
The Biggest Loser was criticized during its time for the quality of its weight-loss regimens and allegations that contestants had been given caffeine pills.
—Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Organic materials like waxes decay rapidly and many cultures never wrote down their day-to-day personal care regimens, so the historical record is patchy at best.
—Mark Hay, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
Wendy Sheehan Donnell, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
Eastern-style methods, including tongue and pulse diagnoses, along with the more Western-nodding body composition analysis, nutritional advice and detox regimens like the three-day program designed by tennis legend Novak Djokovic, enable guests to tailor their ideal wellness retreat.
—Terry Elward, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The India-meets-NYC brand borrows from Burmese women’s sacred and millennia-old beauty regimens, promising numerous skin benefits like brightening, smoothing, and deep-cleaning.
—Abby Dupes, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
Despite trying everything from extreme calorie restriction to intense workout regimens, lasting success remained elusive.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Both were treated with heavy antibiotic regimens and recovered, though patient 2 relapsed in November, requiring another hospital stay.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2025
The Biggest Loser was criticized during its time for the quality of its weight-loss regimens and allegations that contestants had been given caffeine pills.
—Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Organic materials like waxes decay rapidly and many cultures never wrote down their day-to-day personal care regimens, so the historical record is patchy at best.
—Mark Hay, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regimens
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Student athletes whose coaches have already departed are grandfathered in under previous rules.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Oct. 2025
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McMahon is prepared to loosen even more rules on the money.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
8 Oct. 2025
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Only one case has resulted in federal charges for imitating an officer – another break from the past four administrations, when roughly half of the ICE-imposter cases were charged under federal statutes.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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Trump is threatening to go further than past administrations, though, raising the stakes and the partisan posture of federal agencies, said Elaine Kamarck, founding director of the Center for Effective Public Management at The Brookings Institution.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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Dining establishments like sit-down restaurants, drive-thrus, gas stations and grocery stores are required to get food inspections, and governments have to release those inspections to the public.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
6 Oct. 2025
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Since then, communication between the two governments has been limited to issues such as humanitarian aid, migration and security.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
6 Oct. 2025
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Contemporary leaders and still-in-progress totalitarian regimes bump up against Ralph Steadman’s caricature sketches for an edition of Animal Farm, Orwell’s second most famous book, and clips from three different screen adaptations of 1984, his most famous work.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
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Many employers already subject potential hires to elaborate interview and testing regimes, sometimes requiring them to perform tasks or problem-solve while recruiters watch.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
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