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Examples of regulator in a Sentence
the voltage regulator will make sure your car's alternator gets the right amount of electricity
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Federal regulators have struggled to hold insurance companies accountable for improperly denying mental health coverage, in part because of staffing and budgetary constraints.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 24 Jan. 2025
The same day, the court also upheld a 2.4 billion euro, or $2.7 billion, fine against Google by EU antitrust regulators.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 23 Jan. 2025
In a new letter, Democratic lawmakers are asking federal regulators to look into legal and ethical questions around the meme cryptocurrency coins launched by President Donald Trump and the first lady.
—Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2025
At the time, our attempt was to find American politicians who could communicate the big idea of how our economy was beginning to work, so smaller local regulators could start to consider how to control the distribution of value that the internet of data transactions creates.
—James Felton Keith, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing regulator
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“Regulator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regulator. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
Medical Definition
regulator
noun
reg·u·la·tor
ˈreg-yə-ˌlāt-ər
1
: one that regulates
2
Legal Definition
regulator
noun
reg·u·la·tor
ˈre-gyə-ˌlā-tər
: one (as a government agency) that regulates
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