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regulate

[reg-yuh-leyt] / ˈrɛg yəˌleɪt /


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The fly in this tasty beverage, however, is the Commerce Clause, the constitutional provision that says the government may regulate commerce “among the several States.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Americans expect A.I. to cause job losses and have been slower to adopt it than their peers in most other countries, while also not trusting their own government to regulate it.

From Slate • Apr. 14, 2026

By continuing to study how adhesion changes as plants respond to different conditions, they hope to determine whether this is a universal way plants regulate growth.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

You also shouldn’t be signing any trade rules that affect AI until we have a sense of how we’re going to regulate it.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

I used C02 filters to regulate the atmosphere, and brought enough oxygen and water for the whole trip.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir




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