regulate
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The findings could also improve our understanding of major geochemical cycles, particularly the long-term carbon cycle, which helps regulate Earth's climate by moving carbon between the surface and the planet's interior.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
These processes help regulate essential functions such as cellular structure, communication between cells, and metabolism.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
The moderators asked her, again, to address the question of how to regulate AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
"Banning these sites is the right way to go. Regulation just won't be strong enough in this space. Even if we regulate this space tightly, the exploitation would still continue."
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
In medicine, a new generation of pacemaker could regulate a person’s heartbeat for decades, rather than needing to be replaced every two years.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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Made up of tightly connected cells surrounding the brain's blood vessels, it carefully regulates which substances can enter brain tissue while helping maintain conditions necessary for removing potentially harmful waste.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
Botswana also tightly regulates game meat, and its legal possession generally depends on proving it came from a lawful hunt.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
So how did Bo French—a UT grad and Republican statewide candidate for Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the oil and gas industry—mark this special moment?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Telematics had the potential to offer the lowest premiums for drivers with spotty driving records who improved their driving habits, but opponents contended it violated Proposition 103, the 1988 initiative that regulates auto rates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Hie part of my brain that regulates time definitely hasn’t adjusted to being back yet, but neither has the rest of me.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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While Polymarket recently launched a regulated U.S. venue, its main high-volume international crypto exchange remains off-limits to traders based in the U.S. — although there are workarounds, like using a VPN to mask one’s location.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
When we spoke, it was unclear how—or if—the industry would be regulated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The report rejected the idea that the platforms can be safely regulated.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Together, these findings reveal a carefully regulated system in which the brain must balance competing signals to maintain healthy sleep and hormone activity.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Fixers were designed to replicate under strictly regulated conditions, but the damaged Fixer replicates uncontrollably, at an exponential rate, using whatever materials are at hand.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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It comes as the government announced new measures aimed at regulating the market and reviewing the minimum amounts some people have to buy.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Research published since then has added evidence that the brain plays an important role in regulating aging.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
If brain fog and anxiety are concerns, simply regulating nutritional intake can solve for that, no matter what your cortisol tests say.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
Their application argues that the decision by the Parades Commission -- the independent body regulating contentious marches -- misrepresented police evidence about the risk of disorder.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
A student needed to ask permission before regulating the temperature or noise level, but I could do so whenever I liked.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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