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regulating

ADJECTIVE
controlling
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ADJECTIVE
normative
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“Due to the unique anatomy of their airways, bulldogs can experience more respiratory distress in their golden years and may also have a harder time regulating their temperature as a result,” Greenstein says.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

I’m just regulating my body and letting it do what it needs to do, but it’s not really about danger or somebody else.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

Earlier work by the research teams had already identified a role for G proteins, which have the specific role of enabling the transfer of information within cells, in regulating mitochondrial activity in the brain.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

France is mulling two ways to help: testing people to get a better measure of how widespread contamination is, and regulating fertilisers to limit new cadmium entering soils.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Watches lying on a shelf run differently from watches carried about, and so Father always wore the ones he was regulating.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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