1
as in rule
a statement spelling out the proper procedure or conduct for an activity
it's against community regulations to leave your trash on the curb for more than two days
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as in management
the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something
the owner seldom visited the plant and did not take an active part in the regulation of the company
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as in oversight
the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control
the regulation of the soccer team was left entirely to the head coach and her assistants
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as in legal
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Recent Examples of regulation
Noam Levey, NPR, 26 Feb. 2025
Gold IRAs must follow specific regulations, including storage requirements, as the IRS mandates that physical gold be stored by an approved custodian.
—Gabriel O Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2022
Still, presuming that the anti-regulation guests also made misleading scientific statements (no big assumption, given the way this debate tends to go), the result is closely related.
—Chris Mooney, Discover Magazine, 7 June 2011
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Noun
For years, Republican ideas about health care reflected a broad skepticism about government and fears that regulation would threaten patients' access to physicians or lifesaving medicines.
—Noam Levey, NPR, 26 Feb. 2025
Gold IRAs must follow specific regulations, including storage requirements, as the IRS mandates that physical gold be stored by an approved custodian.
—Gabriel O Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
Brett Maher went 6-for-9 on field goals while kicking into a non-regulation, skinny post, his longest from 50 yards.
—Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2022
Still, presuming that the anti-regulation guests also made misleading scientific statements (no big assumption, given the way this debate tends to go), the result is closely related.
—Chris Mooney, Discover Magazine, 7 June 2011
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regulation
Noun
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Under a rule adopted by the Hall's board of directors in 1991, anyone on the permanently ineligible list can't be considered for election to the Hall.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2025
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Under a rule the Hall’s board of directors adopted in 1991, anyone on the permanently ineligible list can’t be considered for election to the Hall.—
Jay Cohen,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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This position is responsible for infrastructure management, support, and troubleshooting, as well as supporting hardware, software, networking and third-party products.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2025
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There is absolute alignment on the board and with management.—
Alan Neuhauser,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Although a cause has not immediately been identified, these incidents have called into question the environmental oversight of California’s landfills.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2025
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Wealth Solutions Report challenges the fears of overregulation, arguing that structured oversight can enhance market confidence and drive mainstream adoption.—
Cloris Chen,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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When splitting retirement plans, a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) is a legal document that is used to facilitate the split.—
Heather L. Locus,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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But, every time the legal system failed one of her clients, her faith in it was rattled.—
Sarah Lustbader,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
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The office did not answer questions about whether any correspondence had been deleted, or how that would comply with public records laws and the city’s records retention policy.—
Julia Wick,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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Keep up with changing data privacy laws that offer consumer protections.—
Alex Vakulov,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Francis, 88, has had double pneumonia for more than two weeks and remains under medical supervision as doctors work to stabilize his condition.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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But Ukraine, the OSCE, and Western partners viewed these elections as illegitimate and not in compliance with Minsk I, arguing that the troops were supposed to leave before elections took place, and that elections should occur under OSCE supervision.—
Tetiana Kyselova,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Mar. 2025
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In the United Kingdom, the People’s Pension, one of the country’s largest master trust pensions, recently began shifting assets away from U.S. asset manager State Street due to concerns about its stewardship of climate risk, Net Zero Investor reported.—
John Kostyack,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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She’s expected to prosecute the case against Trump’s stewardship of U.S. foreign policy in particular.—
Eric Cortellessa,
TIME,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Beyond legal resistance, businesses must recognize that these executive actions do not prevent private employers from maintaining lawful DEI strategies.—
Jennifer Jay Palumbo,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Green cards, or lawful permanent resident cards, allow eligible immigrants to live and work permanently in the United States.—
Nicole Acevedo,
NBC News,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Regulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regulation. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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