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regulating

ADJECTIVE
controlling
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ADJECTIVE
normative
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Its acquisitions have drawn the attention of the secretariat overseeing CITES, the international treaty regulating wildlife trade.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The condition is often accompanied by severe difficulties regulating blood pressure.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Animal-rights activists have long called for banning or regulating the use of horses to pull carriages in New York City and have called the practice inhumane.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

When the sweetener isosteviol was paired with the antidepressant duloxetine, it strongly suppressed two important gut bacteria involved in maintaining digestive health and regulating blood sugar.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 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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