Thesaurus results for REGULATORS

regulators

noun

plural of regulator

as in controllers

a mechanism for adjusting the operation of a device, machine, or system the voltage regulator will make sure your car's alternator gets the right amount of electricity

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Recent Examples of regulators Once in full operation, Dilley is expected to generate about $180 million in annual revenue for CoreCivic, according to the company's recent filing with securities regulators. —

Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2026 State regulators and the company have a history of permitting mistakes and violations, complicating safety oversight. —

Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 1 Mar. 2026 The county uses only herbicides approved by state water regulators and the federal Environmental Protection Agency, and crews do not spray during bird nesting season or when endangered Southern California steelhead trout may be swimming upstream to spawn, the supervisor said. —

Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026 But then, regulators went after 'em. —

Luke Burbank, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026 Overseas, don’t expect European regulators to lodge an aggressive challenge to the deal either. —

Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 28 Feb. 2026 Once in full operation, Dilley is expected to generate about $180 million in annual revenue for CoreCivic, according to the company's recent filing with securities regulators. —

ABC News, 28 Feb. 2026 Netflix walked away from its offer, leaving regulators as Skydance’s only potential foil. —

Matt Sedensky, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2026 Conflicts are treated like other causes of flight cancellations or delays by regulators for compensation purposes. —

Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 22 Feb. 2026

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This enables advanced optimization tasks, previously limited to high-performance servers, to run in real time on compact, low-power devices such as vehicle systems and robot controllers.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 24 Feb. 2026
This can be drone-only, with the DJI Fly app, using the DJI RC-N3 Controller or it can be flown as an FPV drone when connected to DJI's FPV controllers and goggles.

— James Abbott, Space.com, 23 Feb. 2026