as in parliamentary
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making or concerned with making official rules about what is acceptable in a particular business, activity, etc.
a regulatory agency They are seeking regulatory approval for the merger.
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Recent Examples of regulatory
The investment, which is subject to regulatory approvals, does not appear to include the manufacturing of Nvidia chips with Intel’s foundry.
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John Melloy, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
With the gap between predictive models and regulatory maps now exposed, pressure is building on municipalities and state agencies to modernize infrastructure and flood mitigation planning.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
The deal is subject to regulatory approvals.
—Yessar Rosendar, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The hox gene clusters have two chunks of regulatory DNA that help set the activity of the genes within the cluster, one upstream of the genes, one downstream.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
The home of world-leading firms such as Samsung, Hyundai, and LG spent decades at technology’s vanguard, but fortunes have wilted in recent years because of a stifling regulatory environment, demographic pressures, and fierce competition from China.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
New Features in Detail The Mini 5 Pro is a 249g drone, a weight class that was originally developed in direct response to regulatory requirements.
—PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025
John Melloy, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
With the gap between predictive models and regulatory maps now exposed, pressure is building on municipalities and state agencies to modernize infrastructure and flood mitigation planning.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
The deal is subject to regulatory approvals.
—Yessar Rosendar, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The hox gene clusters have two chunks of regulatory DNA that help set the activity of the genes within the cluster, one upstream of the genes, one downstream.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
The home of world-leading firms such as Samsung, Hyundai, and LG spent decades at technology’s vanguard, but fortunes have wilted in recent years because of a stifling regulatory environment, demographic pressures, and fierce competition from China.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
New Features in Detail The Mini 5 Pro is a 249g drone, a weight class that was originally developed in direct response to regulatory requirements.
—PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regulatory
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Metsola defended the decision as consistent with parliamentary procedure and offered condolences.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Since last summer’s parliamentary election failed to deliver a majority to any one party or bloc, two governments have collapsed amid dispute over the coming year’s budget — reigniting concerns the country is on an unsustainable fiscal track.—
Jenni Reid,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Lots of variations are being tossed around about whether the originating maker of AGI would be allowed to keep AGI and run it on behalf of the world or be set to the side as a result of the governmental taking of AGI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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That’s why governmental policies geared towards addressing the needs of those who are hit first and hardest by a crisis, in the end, benefit everybody.—
Marianne Cooper,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Leslie had been discovered deceased in her upstairs bathroom, with the autopsy listing her official cause of death as blunt force trauma.—
Claire Lempert,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
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On Tuesday evening, ahead of the official start of New York Fashion Week, at Cipriani Wall in Manhattan, Brandice Daniel and her team executed an evening dedicated to artisans and creatives.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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In 2008, Maddalena left her executive position to establish a consulting firm specializing in leadership development.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Klarna made its New York Stock Exchange debut this week, sending its market cap soaring to $15 billion—propelling around 40 staffers to millionaire status overnight, with its executive team gaining the most from the IPO.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Regulatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regulatory. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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