REGULATING Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

regulating

verb

present participle of regulate

as in controlling

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 supervising

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 regulating Anthropic employees have so far provided a $476,000 boost to Alex Bores, a New York assemblymember running for Congress who sponsored that state’s new law regulating AI. —

Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026 Otherwise, Maryland risks regulating only the visible surface of healthcare AI while ignoring the far more consequential infrastructure underneath it. —

Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2026 MedPage Today reported this week that at the annual meeting of the American Medical Association delegates urged the FDA to do a better job regulating unapproved peptides. —

Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026 Even so, Illinois has stricter state laws regulating coal ash than Indiana — a 2019 state law increased transparency and strengthened cleanup rules. —

Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026 This essential mineral has many roles in the body, including nerve signaling and regulating blood pressure and heart rhythm. —

Wendy Bumgardner, Verywell Health, 13 June 2026 Such a drone boat is supposedly capable of continuous, autonomous loiter operations in which the Corsair maintains its position while autonomously regulating power consumption and only engaging its engine when needed, according to a Saronic blog post. —

Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026 The court’s abdication of its modern responsibility for supervising electoral democracy seems to rest on the naive belief that democracy will succeed in regulating itself. —

Noah Feldman, Mercury News, 9 June 2026 Oceans cover 70% of the planet, and play a central role in regulating the climate. —

Simmone Shah, Time, 9 June 2026

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Different wines are intended to be stored over different time periods—some are meant to be consumed within months of bottling, while others may spend decades in a cellar—and controlling oxygen exposure is critical to preserving flavor and aroma.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 19 June 2026
While scientists have been able to detect and study these emitters, controlling them has remained a major challenge.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 June 2026