regulated

verb

past tense of regulate
1
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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2
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 Emissions aren’t directly regulated yet for the sector, which contributes about 26% of the state’s methane pollution. — Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 The American Kratom Association, an industry lobbying group, asserts that it is regulated under a looser dietary supplement law. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026 That’s one reason why a bipartisan coalition of 44 states have argued in court that prediction platforms should be subjected to state laws and regulated like gambling. — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026 While JPMorgan faces a vast and onerous regulatory burden—a legacy of all the financial crises caused by bank failures—BlackRock is still relatively lightly regulated. — Robin Wigglesworth, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026 Poorer folk and women were especially firmly regulated by religion in this 17th-century world—people like Alice Cooke of Hempnall. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026 That's a stark contrast to Makary and other recent FDA nominees who have had to divest investments or cut other financial ties with companies regulated by the FDA. — Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026 Others, including Mississippi, have regulated it, in part by requiring people to be 21 or older to buy it. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026 The directive does not apply to red-light and other traffic enforcement cameras some cities in South Florida use, including school-zone cameras and school bus cameras, which are regulated by different Florida statutes. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regulated
  1. controlled
  2. operated
  3. contained
  4. supervised
  5. curbed
  6. managed
  7. kept
  8. handled
Verb
  • The gatekeepers who controlled which stories were told to the wider public are falling away.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • That space is controlled by big companies with far more resources and larger customer bases.
    — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
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  • In response to the renaming of the theater, a number of independent theaters across France symbolically operated under the banner of René Vautier on Friday, in a show of solidarity for the cinema and its staff.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The company has operated a Green Apron Creator Program, paying baristas to create social media content during dedicated shifts.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of operated
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  • Becerra said that plan contained loopholes that would amount to major tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Dry cat food contained roughly three times more lead than wet or air-dried products.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of contained
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  • Klein not only wrote the score but co-wrote some of the songs and supervised others, bouncing ideas back and forth with Anders and Rachtman.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 29 Sep. 2026
  • When Hannah-Jones asked an aide why the children weren’t being supervised, she was told there wasn’t enough staff.
    — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of supervised
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  • Swiss voters on Sunday decisively rejected stricter neutrality rules that would have prevented the country from sanctioning Russia and curbed its cooperation with NATO, delivering a boost to the alliance’s efforts to counter Moscow.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The department argued that its loan limits from the Working Families Tax Cuts Act have curbed excessive borrowing, forcing institutions to evaluate their costs and lower them in some cases.
    — Arthur Jones II, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of curbed
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  • Kellermeyer is one of a number of companies referenced in lawsuits filed in recent months that accuse funds managed by some of Wall Street’s biggest names of inflating their marks, often to increase their own payouts.
    — Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The hospitality brand holds a 30-year concession to run the lodge, which is part of the Tompkins Conservation project and managed by the National Forestry Agency.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of managed
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  • Two weeks into fighting, the unforgiving mountainous terrain, heavy Saudi and government air power, and a reenergized anti-Houthi coalition have kept the Houthi advance in check, preventing a collapse on the level of that in mid-September.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Economics from other streams, such as concessions, on-site merchandise sales, parking and premium seating are overwhelmingly kept by the home team, and that’s largely what’s missed with the London games.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of kept
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  • The paperwork is handled well, the farewell party is arranged, gifts are presented and everyone assumes that whatever needed to be passed to the next person has already been passed.
    — Vikas Arora, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The student who spoke with campus police criticized how the department handled the matter.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026
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