How to Use regulate in a Sentence

regulate

verb
Definition of regulatenext
Synonyms for regulatenext
  • The dam regulates the flow of water into the river.
  • The government regulates how much lead may be found in our water supply.
  • We need better laws to regulate the content of the Internet.
  • Laws have been made to regulate working conditions.
  • The department regulates foreign trade.
  • Here’s what the results of the midterm elections could mean for Big Tech and the push to regulate it.
    — Brian Fung, CNN, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Fiber keeps you fuller for longer and regulates your appetite.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
  • But experts say there are still huge holes in the ways many products are regulated in the U.S.
    — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 9 May 2024
  • One of the key problems with trying to regulate AI is trying to define it.
    — Jennifer Huddleston, National Review, 26 Jan. 2024
  • This hormone is produced by the pineal gland in the brain and regulates sleep and wakefulness and tends to increase in the winter due to the lack of sunlight.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 9 Dec. 2024
  • There is a lesson here for Democrats: Get out of bed with crypto bros like Bankman-Fried and regulate the industry.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 16 Nov. 2022
  • In recent years, there has been a growing push to regulate the short-term rental (STR) industry.
    — Ali Nichols, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
  • In other words, why not just try to regulate ourselves?
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2022
  • But either way was like the two extremes of no goodness and Aliza taught me to regulate myself, which again was like, okay.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Schumer has urged his colleagues in Congress to craft rules for regulating AI.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Engel worked at the city’s Department of Transportation, which regulates Citi Bike, when the first fleet launched.
    — John Surico, Curbed, 24 July 2023
  • Instead, the game is regulated by its players, who call and dispute their own fouls.
    — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
  • As dealer Peter Hay Halpert points out, they have been regulated back to the closet.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 28 June 2024
  • So far, lawmakers have taken no steps to regulate the influx of delta-8 and products like it.
    — Ashley Okwuosa, The Examination; Amy Yurkanin, Al.com; John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The fiber found in oatmeal can impact hormones that regulate hunger and appetite.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Produced in the gut, GLP-1 lowers blood sugar, slows the emptying of the stomach, and regulates appetite.
    — WIRED, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Many experts recommend growing the keiki in the same pot as its mother for the first year to help regulate moisture.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 16 June 2023
  • Is Scottsdale doing enough to regulate short-term rentals?
    — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2022
  • So will the federal government step in to regulate them?
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
  • This is the same industry that’s trying to regulate itself.
    — Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Thiel added that there are several ways to regulate the issue.
    — Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The process to regulate the Douglas groundwater basin hasn't turned out as expected.
    — Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2024
  • This will help regulate the spacing of the system’s streetcar fleet, which will grow to 14 vehicles when the Main Street extension opens next year.
    — Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2024
  • Trump’s executive order, signed Monday evening, guts the 2023 executive order that Biden issued to regulate AI.
    — Zach Halaschak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Flavonoids also help to regulate cellular activity and negate oxidative damage caused by the free radicals we’re exposed to daily.
    — Georgia Day, Vogue, 19 Jan. 2025

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