regulatory

adjective

Definition of regulatorynext
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for regulatory
  1. parliamentary
  2. official
  3. executive
Adjective
  • Here, Leigh recounts the period after the Battle of Waterloo, when the people of Manchester organized in the pursuit of parliamentary representation.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
  • In the most recent parliamentary election Ishiba, who is known for his two otakus (obsessions)—model trains and military craft—survived as prime minister even as his party suffered a major setback overall.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of parliamentary
Adjective
  • Advertisement As Trump arrived at the official residence of the French president, Macron went out of his way to project an image of close ties, posing for multiple handshakes interspersed with plenty of back-patting.
    Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
  • President-elect Donald Trump will join First Lady Jill Biden, the UK’s Prince William and a roll-call of other world leaders Saturday for the official reopening ceremony of Paris’s great Notre Dame Cathedral.
    Caroline Frost, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of official
Adjective
  • The company’s executive director, Tim Griffin, who came on board in summer 2023, will expand his title to become both executive and artistic director.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The Greater Idaho Movement's letter, signed by its president Mike McCarter, vice president Sandie Gilson and executive director Matt McCaw, was sent to Trump on Wednesday.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of executive
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