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deregulate

[dee-reg-yuh-layt] / diˈrɛg jəˌleɪt /


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Those who argue that Greenspan helped deregulate the financial system have yet to explain when this deregulation occurred.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

His victory will likely be welcomed by investors as he has pledged a free-market approach to economics to shrink the state and deregulate certain industries.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2025

In the 1990s and early 2000s, about half of U.S. states chose to deregulate their electricity markets, taking electricity generation out of the hands of monopoly utilities.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025

The White House said Trump is committed to making “American leadership in space great again,” noting his first-term push to return U.S. astronauts to the moon and his efforts to deregulate the U.S. space industry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2025

In an effort to overcome the pernicious effects of inflation, governments liberalize, deregulate and open their economies to competition.

From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Samuel Vaknin

It also deregulates old programs, converts defense shipbuilding to commercial, competitive construction and negotiates to lower foreign subsidies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Airfares are going up now because of fuel prices, but airfares continue their downward real trend, in constant dollars, that started back in 1980 when the airlines were deregulated.

From Slate ● May 5, 2026

On top of “cheap and abundant land,” Texas has a uniquely deregulated energy grid, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 12, 2026

The committee's report said: "The current deregulated nature of the bus sector can encourage commercial operators to "deprioritise" less profitable routes, often leaving vulnerable communities without a service."

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025

Second, it offers a “one-stop shop” for power given the deregulated utility environment in Texas.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025

Suddenly deregulated, ecosystems shook and sloshed like a cup of tea in an earthquake.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

“He got in the driver’s seat when the deregulation trend was incipient. He was a champion of deregulating the financial industry.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

Most importantly for the long term, we are seeing the EU lay the groundwork for a potential flourishing of capitalism by supporting technology and innovation and by reforming and deregulating where appropriate.

From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026

Europe has been focused on deregulating its banking system and spending in the industrial space, which has been influenced by defense, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 15, 2026

“The heart of it is making sure that we have sites ready so they”—companies that have been drawn to the state—“can build fast, deregulating so that they can move as fast as they possibly can.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

In fact, the biggest government initiative proposed in the document is deregulating food safety standards, which would make it easier for shady operations to sell goods at farmers markets.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2025


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