as in parliamentary
formal
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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Adjective
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Last year, a controversy engulfed the Berlinale when organizers initially, as had been standard protocol, invited Berlin parliamentary members of the AfD to the opening ceremony, only to disinvite them after an uproar.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025 -
By contrast, in Hungary’s 2022 parliamentary election, Hungarian public television, which has long served as a platform for government propaganda, provided the joint opposition candidate a total of five minutes of airtime during the entire campaign.—
BÁLINT MADLOVICS,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The official red carpet will begin half an hour before.—
Zoe G. Phillips,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
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With this information, Luca was able to demand his bank reimburse nearly half of his losses and prompted an official investigation into his case.—
Sérène Nourrisson,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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Branden Chapman served as executive producer, and Carleen Cappelletti was co-executive producer.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
9 Feb. 2025
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A week into the new administration, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget issued a memo ordering a pause on all federal grant and loan payments pending an executive branch review.—
Henry Gass,
The Christian Science Monitor,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Regulatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regulatory. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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