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Recent Examples of regulate The antioxidant may also help regulate cell function. Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025 More to Explore Meanwhile, conservative political parties embraced extreme opposition to any attempts to regulate companies or redistribute resources. Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 Sep. 2025 The molecules regulate two key energy pathways in cells, AMPK and mTORC1. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025 In the state legislature, Salvador has sponsored a variety of bills to regulate AI, including a ban on deepfakes in political campaigns and an initiative to create standards for labeling AI content. Kyle Ingram, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for regulate
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Verb
  • After the fire is fully contained, the next step is to control it.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Merino wool also has natural temperature-regulating and odor-controlling properties—both of which are ideal for hiking.
    Anne Taylor, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The watch proved successful after managing to catch a man littering hate flyers across the neighborhood.
    David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025
  • He is known for his advocacy in advancing preventive healthcare models, with an emphasis on the role of lifestyle interventions in managing chronic diseases and enhancing overall well-being.
    Verywell Health, Verywell Health, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Advertisement The panel has already obtained roughly 33,000 pages of records from the Justice Department, though Democrats have complained those disclosures contained little new information.
    Nik Popli, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Eventually, the Nepali army was deployed to contain the situation.
    Rajeev Tyagi, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The military, led by an officer known only as the Major (Mark Hamill, the right amount of hammy), remains in control and supervises the Walk.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The complainant also said parents needed to supervise and teach their children how to use equipment safely.
    Gillian Stawiszynski, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Aryna Sabalenka curbed her natural instincts to beat Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 7-6(3) in an absorbing women’s final, before Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner contested their third Grand Slam final in a row — a record in the Open Era of men’s tennis.
    The Athletic Tennis Staff, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In July, Greece stopped processing applications of asylum-seekers from North Africa for three months, to curb a surge in arrivals.
    Angeliki Koutantou, Reuters, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The changes affect libraries operated by Maricopa County and not cities that operate their own libraries, such as Phoenix.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • To qualify for a portion of the county arts funding, organizations must be active 501(c)3 entities, located and operating in Milwaukee County, organized for the primary purpose of producing or presenting the arts, and open to the general public, according to the county's application terms.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wilson's dying body was pulled inside the home by the family and restrained with his own handcuffs.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • State police will typically drive immigrants, who are restrained in belly chains, to what are essentially ICE bus stops at various places throughout the state.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Kansas City Election Board, which oversees voting within Kansas City limits, will receive about $900,000 from the general fund in the Jackson County budget about three weeks before the election, Ealom and KCEB Republican Director Shawn Kieffer said.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Those cuts, included laying off more than half the workers at the Institute of Education Sciences, IES, the arm of the department charged with measuring student achievement and overseeing and processing the data that comes from the tests students take.
    Sequoia Carrillo, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Regulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regulate. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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