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regulated

verb

past tense of regulate

as in controlled

to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression) you would be well advised to regulate your enthusiasm for the venture and pause to consider the risk involved

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as in operated

to look after and make decisions about the government agency that regulates the nuclear power industry in this country

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Recent Examples of regulated Buying into Smack is a legitimate investment regulated by the SEC. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026 There is currently a split among federal courts as to whether Kalshi, Polymarket and other companies can be regulated by states’ sports betting laws or whether federal law for commodities preempts states. — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2026 Kim has accommodated some of these economic changes; once prohibited, markets are now regulated and taxed by the state. — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026 Space companies are regulated primarily by the FCC, which governs technologies used by satellites. — Max Harden, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026 Supporters of the bans say such rifles were designed for military use, are too dangerous for civilians and should be regulated like machine guns. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026 Because they are not regulated as insurance companies, healthcare sharing ministries are not subject to consumer protections or other state or federal requirements. — Helen Levy, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026 They're not regulated by the Department of Transportation, pedestrian safety. — Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 Those same contracts, though, are under fire by states across the country, who argue that the offerings amount to sports betting and should be regulated by them. — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026

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She was expected to satisfy the white executives who controlled her career, the Black audiences who wanted better representation, and her own ambitions as an actress.

— Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026
Democrats have controlled the comptroller’s office every year since 1975.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026

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Threats were also made against a Prague-to-Bucharest, Romania, flight operated by Romanian carrier Tarom, and a Ryanair flight from the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, to Rome.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
The complication is that about 95% of the world’s 46,000 McDonald’s restaurants are owned and operated by franchisees — and some have pushed back against a proposal that could require $650,000 to $800,000 of investment per store.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2026

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Surveillance video recovered by the Daily News shows a scrap collector finding the black cloth case used to hold a musical instrument that contained Owusu’s body.

— Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026
Prosecutors said the bag also contained two white envelopes stuffed with $15,000 in cash — the remainder of Meiser’s payment.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

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Co-founder Nemmert supervised the build of Lokia’s operating system (Lokia OS) and runs the company’s operations and production side.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026
In mid-October Reliable’s software taxied, took off and landed a Cessna Grand Caravan, a single-engine turboprop plane, at Albuquerque’s main airport while a pilot supervised from company headquarters in California, more than 700 miles away.

— Peter Hall, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026

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Inflation and economic pressure have led more Americans to eat at home or turn to fast food for a cheaper option, while the rise of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic has curbed customers’ appetites.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
China has curbed exports of seven medium and heavy rare earths since last year, requiring exporters to obtain licenses.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026

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Deckhand Matt may just be the most audacious toe-stepper to debut in this franchise since Alesia, who, in the last season of Down Under, managed to rearrange the interior team according to her own proclivities.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2026
This looming ban — slipped into a sweeping budget bill passed by Congress last year — was set to go into effect this November before a bipartisan coalition of senators managed to punt the deadline by a month, to December 11.

— Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of managed

Verb

These laws have kept the deer population under control over the last decade.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
The city’s redevelopment agency kept the land on which the park sat until 2019, when it was forced to sell after the state abolished redevelopment agencies, and the city was not in a financial position to outbid Cedar Fair for the land.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of kept

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Pando has since handled more than 57 terabytes of Git packfiles in a single hour.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
Tia, on her end, handled the ambush skillfully, parrying jabs without raising her voice to prevent Wendy from having any opening to feign victimization.

— Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2026

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