Thesaurus results for REGULATIONS

regulations

noun

plural of regulation

as in rules

a statement spelling out the proper procedure or conduct for an activity it's against community regulations to leave your trash on the curb for more than two days

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as in operations

the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something the owner seldom visited the plant and did not take an active part in the regulation of the company

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as in oversights

the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control the regulation of the soccer team was left entirely to the head coach and her assistants

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Recent Examples of regulations However, a look at records maintained by the South Coast Air Quality Management District show that some plants that use MMA have checkered pasts for keeping up with regulations. —

Jason Henry, Oc Register, 30 May 2026 As readers are now no doubt aware, the 2026 regulations have painted the sport into a bit of a corner. —

Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026 Education Minister Ogamba said the school’s board of management had been dissolved and the principal would face disciplinary action for failing to comply with safety regulations. —

Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026 Fire safety regulations have long required multifamily buildings to contain two or more staircases so that residents can exit their homes safely if one staircase is impassable because of smoke or other reasons. —

Alex Schwartz, The Conversation, 29 May 2026 Plus, in the absence of strong privacy regulations here in the US, there’s little authorities can do about the tracking except press lawmakers to take action, since tech companies are unlikely to do anything that will impact their bottom line. —

Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 29 May 2026 And at a community meeting last month, some residents called for regulations barring outsiders from the area. —

Anne Kadet, Curbed, 29 May 2026 The city has had to rethink programs that weren’t delivering and change its policies and regulations. —

The Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026 Chevron and the state have been in a tense relationship for years; Chevron moved its headquarters out of California in 2024 after complaining about state and local regulations, and is currently buying oil shipped through an offshore pipeline that California has attempted to keep shut down. —

Camila Domonoske, NPR, 22 May 2026

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The Lottery Commission voted Tuesday to authorize regulatory amendments that Executive Director Mark William Bracken said would set rules and regulations for iLottery games.

— Editorial, Boston Herald, 31 May 2026
Supervisors have awarded grants to groups that have run afoul of state rules for charities, and some grants have lacked documentation showing they were properly spent.

— Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026