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as in to control
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
you would be well advised to regulate your enthusiasm for the venture and pause to consider the risk involved
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as in to manage
to look after and make decisions about
the government agency that regulates the nuclear power industry in this country
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Recent Examples of regulate
Boise leaders moved this week to regulate powerful electric motorcycles and give the mayor authority to restrict lawn watering during droughts.
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Idaho Statesman,
3 July 2026
Alysa Guffey After intense pushback to the first draft of the zoning ordinance, the city's Department of Metropolitan, the city agency charged with regulating land use and zoning in the city limits, tweaked the proposal to tighten some regulations.
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Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
2 July 2026
Currently, the only product that is regulated federally with date labels is infant formula.
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Olga R. Rodriguez,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
Things may only worsen as the SAVE plan — Biden’s last attempt to regulate and subsidize monthly loan payments for low-and-middle-income individuals — has been phased out entirely as of July 1.
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Paxton Honerkamp,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
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Idaho Statesman,
3 July 2026
Alysa Guffey After intense pushback to the first draft of the zoning ordinance, the city's Department of Metropolitan, the city agency charged with regulating land use and zoning in the city limits, tweaked the proposal to tighten some regulations.
—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
2 July 2026
Currently, the only product that is regulated federally with date labels is infant formula.
—
Olga R. Rodriguez,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
Things may only worsen as the SAVE plan — Biden’s last attempt to regulate and subsidize monthly loan payments for low-and-middle-income individuals — has been phased out entirely as of July 1.
—
Paxton Honerkamp,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
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Russia meanwhile has claimed that its forces now control the important town of Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
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The plant also can be controlled by applying a nonselective herbicide, but that will not save digging.
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The situation is pressing, but Coleman still manages to make a connection.
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The platform has consistently managed volume over $1 billion daily since the soccer tournament began on June 11.
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Pomegranates also contain vitamin K and folate, which can help support healthy blood clotting and cell growth, respectively.
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The Lineage warehouse, built in 2018, is likely to contain different materials of concern.
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While older children can use sparklers, they should be supervised, Heckman said.
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Between there, and running upstairs to supervise fittings of his monumentally sculptural work with his stylist Tallulah Harlech, the designer caught a rare moment to sit and talk.
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Learn about new regulations that aim to curb contact with swimmers.
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The Financial Times reported that Google has curbed Meta’s use of its AI models after the Facebook and Instagram parent company wanted to use more computing capacity than Google could provide.
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Luis Mauricio Flores Ordonez, 33, was charged with owning an unregistered aircraft that was operated by another person.
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Roy Gillian began operating the business as Gillian’s Wonderland Pier in 1965.
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Three women were restrained, arrested, and held for nearly 20 hours in the Baltimore City Detention Center, the lawsuit alleges.
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After a special education student in Seymour Public Schools was restrained and secluded 53 times in seven months, the child’s parents filed an official state complaint.
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The judge denied Fischer’s request to appoint and fund a special master to oversee the privilege screen but allowed defense attorneys to review the records themselves instead of prosecutors.
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The first three times were under Socialist Party Prime Minister Felipe González starting in 1986, but conservative leader José Maria Aznar’s government also oversaw two such measures in the 2000s.
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