How to Use unregulated in a Sentence

unregulated

adjective
  • But be aware that the field is unregulated in the United States.
    Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Since the fight was unregulated, the promoter was able to make his own rules.
    John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2020
  • In New York, the state took years to issue licenses and left a void that spurred an influx of unregulated stores.
    Haley Bemiller, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Such sales are unregulated, so there is no record of the buyer, seller or firearm.
    Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2019
  • Such risks are rife in the industry, which remains largely unregulated in the U.S. and in many markets around the world.
    Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The markets for this fuel source are largely unregulated, with prices tracking to the cost of crude oil.
    Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The internet as a whole is much more free and unregulated.
    Donie O'Sullivan and Richa Naik, CNN, 6 Sep. 2022
  • In the unregulated market, with none of that loss in profit, the weed bodega is a potential gold mine.
    Curbed, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Charles-Heathers said many kids are unaware of the risk from the unregulated e-cigarettes.
    oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2019
  • The young creators’ claims helped shed light on the lucrative and largely unregulated world of child YouTube stardom, which some have likened to the Wild West.
    Angela Yang, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The unregulated bridges are typically those with a span of less than 20 feet.
    Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 30 June 2023
  • Experts say science doesn't back the ice hack diet up and that the supplement at the heart of the diet is both unregulated and unproven.
    Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
  • It’s the still mostly-unregulated NIL space that Saban is saying should have more of the parity.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 17 May 2022
  • Part of the problem is that the mental health app market is wildly unregulated.
    WIRED, 1 Oct. 2022
  • If the guard is employed by the store, they likely are unlicensed and unregulated.
    Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 7 Mar. 2023
  • And the sector is largely unregulated, leaving it wide open to scams.
    Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The threat to DAFs’ unregulated status doesn’t just come from Congress.
    Ben Steverman, Bloomberg.com, 14 June 2020
  • Listen to a Post Reports episode about the unregulated industry of deep-sea tourism.
    Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The industry’s size and influence have now grown to the point that leaving it unregulated is no longer an option.
    Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post, 27 July 2019
  • Elk were native to Wisconsin but wiped out in the 1800s due to unregulated hunting and habitat loss.
    Christopher Kuhagen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The religious landscape in America is as close to a free and unregulated market as may be found anywhere in the world.
    Dallas Morning News, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Parker has sought in the past to crack down on the largely unregulated body broker industry.
    Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The drone was spotted as Air Force One was descending, however, and could have very well been in unregulated airspace.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Elk were native to Wisconsin but wiped out in the 1800s due to unregulated hunting and habitat loss, according to the DNR.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Congress members in both parties have been arguing that Big Tech has largely been unregulated and that new laws need to be put in place to rein them in.
    Danielle Abril, Fortune, 29 July 2020
  • While some may see it as an upside that crypto is largely unregulated, that can bring some downsides as well.
    Becca Stanek, theweek, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Itta Bena's electric system is city-run and owned, and unregulated by the state.
    Leah Willingham, Star Tribune, 28 Oct. 2020
  • The rapid growth of this nascent technology has outpaced the law, and AI has remained largely unregulated.
    Theara Coleman, The Week, 26 July 2023
  • Both, however, also understand there’s a better way to approach tourism than the unregulated free for all of growth that has defined it over the past 20-plus years.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • In the absence of the local paper, will the void be filled by the unregulated cesspool of social media where facts and truth are often unnecessary baggage?
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025

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