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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
The departments of Commerce, Housing and Urban Development and Transportation, along with the Federal Housing Finance Agency, are instructed to eliminate regulations and update programs that are reducing residential development.
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Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026
These are settlements which are built even in violation of Israeli planning regulations, but, again, the vast majority of them are fully supported by the government.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
But how much regulations contribute to gasoline costs in California is disputed.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The divergence owes partly to the fact that Vancouver’s tax code discourages rentals, as the researcher Margaret Morales has argued, but also to Seattle’s conventionally American cocktail of regulations, which heavily discourages condominiums.
—M. Nolan Gray, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Ashok Mahtani, co-founder and chairman of Alpine Group and Paradise Textiles, said these measures were designed to make Paradise Textiles’ products more compliant to growing environmental regulations such as the European Union’s Digital Passport for Textiles.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 13 Mar. 2026
Alonzo, who coordinates the parade and street festival, said permits and safety regulations consistently increase cost year after year, and without a title sponsor – plus pullback from typical donors – this year wasn’t possible.
—Bella Monaco, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
In Cuba’s highly bureaucratic system, laws and regulations approved by the government have sometimes taken months, and even years, to be fully implemented.
—Andrés Viglucci, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
City staffers are expected to come back with a draft ordinance, modeled after Costa Mesa’s, and to explore whether these regulations should be expanded beyond grocery and drug retail stores and to other box stores in the city.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026
Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026
These are settlements which are built even in violation of Israeli planning regulations, but, again, the vast majority of them are fully supported by the government.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
But how much regulations contribute to gasoline costs in California is disputed.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The divergence owes partly to the fact that Vancouver’s tax code discourages rentals, as the researcher Margaret Morales has argued, but also to Seattle’s conventionally American cocktail of regulations, which heavily discourages condominiums.
—M. Nolan Gray, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Ashok Mahtani, co-founder and chairman of Alpine Group and Paradise Textiles, said these measures were designed to make Paradise Textiles’ products more compliant to growing environmental regulations such as the European Union’s Digital Passport for Textiles.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 13 Mar. 2026
Alonzo, who coordinates the parade and street festival, said permits and safety regulations consistently increase cost year after year, and without a title sponsor – plus pullback from typical donors – this year wasn’t possible.
—Bella Monaco, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
In Cuba’s highly bureaucratic system, laws and regulations approved by the government have sometimes taken months, and even years, to be fully implemented.
—Andrés Viglucci, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
City staffers are expected to come back with a draft ordinance, modeled after Costa Mesa’s, and to explore whether these regulations should be expanded beyond grocery and drug retail stores and to other box stores in the city.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regulations
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But rules at the time said if the runner-up in any category came within three votes of the winner, they would both get rewarded.—
Kiki Intarasuwan,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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The foreign ministry has estimated that under the old rules, 60 million to 80 million people worldwide were eligible for citizenship.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
15 Mar. 2026
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Buying rather than leasing detention facilities will give ICE greater control over operations that would otherwise fall under state and local governments’ purview, sources said.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Mar. 2026
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Pakistan denied targeting civilians, saying its operations are focused on Pakistani Taliban militants and their support networks.—
MUNIR AHMED,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
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For Smith, in his hopes and oversights, was a fabulist as much as a scientist, a man doing theology as surely as economics.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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Don’t let temporary doubts stop you from having a good time, but try to balance that with attention to any potential oversights.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
8 Feb. 2026
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For over a decade, California has had laws in place to protect transgender people from discrimination in the workplace, gym locker rooms, and schools.—
Lia Russell
March 13,
Sacbee.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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Alexander Csergo, a Sydney business consultant, faces up to 15 years in prison after being the second person to be convicted under Australian laws against covert interference and espionage.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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The project aims to strengthen security controls and increase automation across daily operations.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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The technology worked well, everything from partial self-drive SuperCruise to Apple CarPlay and an abundance of physical buttons and controls.—
Hartford Courant,
Hartford Courant,
14 Mar. 2026
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Increasingly, managements at the gleaming apartment complexes that have been built in the past few years are offering deals or discounts to prospective tenants, a practice that wasn’t happening back when the mega-wave of new apartment construction hit Connecticut after the pandemic.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
13 Jan. 2026
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In such a scenario, IPOs offer a better play for the Indian markets as managements and bankers price the issue attractively, drawing significant investor interest, experts told CNBC.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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This overreach and weaponization of the government manifested especially clearly in burdensome regulations and guidance; in extensive and onerous supervisions; in investigations and cases, frequently leading to crushing penalties and injunctive terms unrelated to actual harm.—
Stephan Bisaha,
NPR,
21 Jan. 2026
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Pike followed the main line — called the trunk line — which had hoses branching off in other directions.—
Alene Tchekmedyian,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Wind shear, which occurs when winds blow at different speeds and/or directions with height, acts as an impediment to fledgling tropical storms and hurricanes.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Regulations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regulations. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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