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[reg-yuh-leyt] / ˈrɛg jəˌleɪt /


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Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers that allow nerve cells to communicate, and dopamine helps regulate functions that include mood, motivation, and thinking.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

Community anger about the facilities has prompted close attention from California lawmakers, who passed legislation in Sacramento on Monday to regulate energy use by the data center industry and impose other requirements.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

"Don't regulate hypothetical theoretical harm, regulate actual and pragmatic harm," Huang said.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

For example, on Friday, a federal appeals court ruled 3-0 that states can regulate prediction markets like gambling.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2026

How did a lactose-sensing protein recognize and regulate only a lactose-digesting gene—and not the thousands of other genes in a cell?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

By identifying a biological pathway that directly regulates this inflammation, the new findings suggest that future therapies could potentially target liver inflammation alongside existing treatments focused on weight and liver fat.

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

It isn’t yet entirely clear who regulates prediction markets and how, and markets have regularly clashed with state officials trying to rein them in.

From Salon Aug. 13, 2026

The UK government regulates phthalates as hazardous chemical substances but they are used in cosmetics, fragrances and food packaging.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Takeda Pharmaceutical’s 4502 2.96%increase; up pointing triangle Orzeyful, the first medication to treat narcolepsy by targeting a brain chemical that regulates wakefulness.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

She walks in a circle until her breath regulates, because she knows what will happen to her muscles if she doesn’t.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

Plenty of industries, from aerospace to hairdressers, are regulated by what we call ex ante restrictions, basically the idea that if you can’t prove in advance its safe, you can’t do it or sell it.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

“We believe investors are better-positioned with regulated utilities that have few or no issues associated with wildfire liability,” they say.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

They are products from life-insurance companies, backed by bond portfolios and strictly regulated by state governments, which convert a pile of money into a guaranteed lifetime income.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

Tiffany now wants the state's tax incentives scrapped and the industry more tightly regulated, though he stops short of a ban.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

A few blocks of shaded streets and he was already at its heart—a pretty, quietly regulated downtown.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison

Seeing bright light in the morning, which is good for regulating your circadian rhythm - that is, your body's natural clock.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

The nucleus contains a cell's DNA and plays a central role in regulating gene activity.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

Americans are repeatedly encouraged to scrutinize what is in their food, who made it and whether the institutions responsible for regulating it can be trusted.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

The migrants were halted in Ceuta, which is subject to special border checks as a part of the rules regulating Spain’s territories in North Africa.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

When Gong demanded a feed dog—a crucial part of a sewing machine that controls stitch size by regulating the speed of fabric moving to the needle—from a seamstress who worked with Shin, she curtly refused.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden




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