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regulator

[reg-yuh-ley-ter] / ˈrɛg jəˌleɪ tər /
NOUN
something that regulates
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Two insurance companies run by Advantage Capital Holdings have sued South Carolina’s insurance regulator, alleging that a takeover attempt of their businesses has harmed the companies and their policyholders.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Nandy has also taken aim at "incredibly slow" progress with enforcement of the Online Safety Act, the government's flagship law to tackle online abuse, as she called for regulator Ofcom to move faster.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

The FF3C group of independent petrol stations lodged a complaint in mid-July with France's competition regulator for unfair competition.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

Ofgem, the U.K.’s energy regulator, raised the household energy price cap by 13% at the start of July, pushing electricity and gas prices higher and contributing to the sharp rise in headline inflation that month.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

When you take the atmospheric regulator and oxygenator out of the Hab, you're left with ... a tent.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

On Tuesday, the Thirlwall Inquiry report revealed bosses at the Countess of Chester Hospital repeatedly failed in their duty of candour to parents, investigators and regulators.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

Probably they reason that panic always leads to regulation and want to appear reasonable and well-intentioned to their eventual regulators.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

The bill would have taken most crypto trading out of the purview of securities regulators.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Thirlwall found hospital bosses "repeatedly failed in the duty of candour with parents, investigators and regulators".

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

They left thinking that Capital One’s dispute with its regulators was trivial and that the company was basically honest.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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