regulation

Example Sentences

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This categorization didn’t constitute a formal regulation; rather the agency was using its discretion not to go after compounders who used ingredients it deemed safe — those from the first category.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Most would do so by standardizing or trimming regulation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"By specifically disrupting folding dynamics, we were able to identify the aspects of spatial genome organization that contribute to gene regulation and expression."

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

This is a feature, not a bug: Financial innovation is often an adaptation to regulation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Because regulation of a legal market is bound to fail when a healthy black market exists for the same product.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt