How to Use regulate in a Sentence

regulate

verb
  • The dam regulates the flow of water into the river.
  • The government regulates how much lead may be found in our water supply.
  • We need better laws to regulate the content of the Internet.
  • Laws have been made to regulate working conditions.
  • The department regulates foreign trade.
  • Fiber keeps you fuller for longer and regulates your appetite.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
  • One of the key problems with trying to regulate AI is trying to define it.
    Jennifer Huddleston, National Review, 26 Jan. 2024
  • But either way was like the two extremes of no goodness and Aliza taught me to regulate myself, which again was like, okay.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Schumer has urged his colleagues in Congress to craft rules for regulating AI.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Engel worked at the city’s Department of Transportation, which regulates Citi Bike, when the first fleet launched.
    John Surico, Curbed, 24 July 2023
  • Instead, the game is regulated by its players, who call and dispute their own fouls.
    Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
  • Produced in the gut, GLP-1 lowers blood sugar, slows the emptying of the stomach, and regulates appetite.
    WIRED, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Many experts recommend growing the keiki in the same pot as its mother for the first year to help regulate moisture.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 16 June 2023
  • So will the federal government step in to regulate them?
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
  • This is the same industry that’s trying to regulate itself.
    Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Thiel added that there are several ways to regulate the issue.
    Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Parents of younger teens are more likely to regulate their children’s screen time (62%) compared to parents of older teens (37%).
    Parents, 12 Mar. 2024
  • But isn’t an open source AI really difficult to control—and to regulate?
    Steven Levy, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2023
  • In 2021, Amazon tried and failed to have Khan recused from regulating the company.
    Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
  • Min, a former law professor at UC Irvine, last year acknowledged the limits of trying to regulate speech.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Some states don’t regulate home inspectors, while others require licenses and a list of items in the house that must be inspected.
    Jill Terreri Ramos, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2024
  • These cells play a crucial role in regulating the hydration of the cornea, which helps maintain its transparency.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The bill regulates the products’ transportation, among other elements of its sale and use.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2024
  • In fact, government shouldn’t be involved, other than to safely regulate all health care.
    Ben Jacobs, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2023
  • As a result, an effort to legalize and regulate the units failed in City Council earlier this year.
    Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Having an active lifestyle has helped regulate a lot of my menstrual pains, which has improved my life.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The body’s sweating mechanism fails and the body loses the ability to regulate its own temperature.
    Allie Kelly, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
  • The primary will be a test of how Republican voters are willing to regulate their own leaders.
    Nicholas Riccardi, The Denver Post, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Since vitamins are not regulated by the FDA, there’s little way to know if the vitamins infused in the patches are in these formulations.
    Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The second case involves a similar law in Texas that regulates platforms with more than 50 million monthly active users.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2023

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