as in controllers
a mechanism for adjusting the operation of a device, machine, or system
the voltage regulator will make sure your car's alternator gets the right amount of electricity
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Recent Examples of regulators
Pressure is building for standard definitions of stress, resilience and recovery speed, along with more clinical partnerships as regulators pay closer attention.
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Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
3 July 2026
But top bankers and regulators also recognize that Europe is lagging in AI investment and the development of frontier companies driving breakthroughs.
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Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
3 July 2026
Success will depend less on constructing facilities than on securing long-term buyers, trusted regulators, technology transfer, and patient capital that can sustain long-term production.
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Paul Adepoju,
semafor.com,
2 July 2026
After publicly criticizing Chinese financial regulators in 2020, Ma saw the record-breaking IPO of Ant Group canceled and subsequently lost much of his influence over his business empire.
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Rainer Zitelmann,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
Meanwhile, investors and regulators are no longer evaluating AI on capability alone.
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Greg Pavlik,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
The domestic industry consists primarily of early-stage experimental projects, and federal regulators have not yet certified any next-generation advanced reactors for standard commercial sale in the United States.
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Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 July 2026
American utilities, regulators and developers would still need to weigh cost, performance, supply chain risk and security concerns.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
The milestone feeds Japan's JCAB certification process and keeps 2028 commercial launch in sight, if regulators can keep pace.
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Omar Kardoudi
june 26,
New Atlas,
26 June 2026
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
3 July 2026
But top bankers and regulators also recognize that Europe is lagging in AI investment and the development of frontier companies driving breakthroughs.
—
Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
3 July 2026
Success will depend less on constructing facilities than on securing long-term buyers, trusted regulators, technology transfer, and patient capital that can sustain long-term production.
—
Paul Adepoju,
semafor.com,
2 July 2026
After publicly criticizing Chinese financial regulators in 2020, Ma saw the record-breaking IPO of Ant Group canceled and subsequently lost much of his influence over his business empire.
—
Rainer Zitelmann,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
Meanwhile, investors and regulators are no longer evaluating AI on capability alone.
—
Greg Pavlik,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
The domestic industry consists primarily of early-stage experimental projects, and federal regulators have not yet certified any next-generation advanced reactors for standard commercial sale in the United States.
—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 July 2026
American utilities, regulators and developers would still need to weigh cost, performance, supply chain risk and security concerns.
—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
The milestone feeds Japan's JCAB certification process and keeps 2028 commercial launch in sight, if regulators can keep pace.
—
Omar Kardoudi
june 26,
New Atlas,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regulators
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Consoles, controllers, accessories, weird VR gloves that never worked properly, but mostly the games themselves.
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The system is thousands of controllers short of full staffing.
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Export controls have blocked Huawei and China’s leading chipmakers from access to extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tools and leading-edge foundry capacity around which the frontier semiconductor roadmap is organized.
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Anthropic had objected to the government’s decision to impose export controls in a blog post announcing that the two systems had been disabled.
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“Regulators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regulators. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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