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regulator

[reg-yuh-ley-ter] / ˈrɛg jəˌleɪ tər /
NOUN
something that regulates
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“In the future, AI may undergo sudden, unexpected leaps in intelligence, enabling it to autonomously acquire external resources, replicate itself and develop self-awareness,” according to the regulator.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

Is there a regulator or complaint process that actually has teeth, rather than simply generating a case number?

From MarketWatch Sep. 12, 2026

The air quality regulator sent an enforcement team to inspect the site Saturday and confirmed food removal had been completed.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

The judges also raised a question - was the regulator applying the same scrutiny to government establishments as it was to private businesses?

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

Once I set up the solar panels, I fired up the oxygenator and let it work through the backlog of C02 that the regulator had stored up.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy proposed an expanded state benefits package to regulators to secure approval for their $67 billion merger.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

The original experiments did not establish that ordinary sucralose consumption damages DNA in people, and European regulators concluded in 2026 that the sweetener remains safe under its currently authorized uses.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

Ellison is frustrated after securing approvals from more than 65 regulators worldwide for the mammoth merger that would bring HBO, CNN, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV and TBS under the same roof.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

Ask people to scrutinize food companies, labels and regulatory assumptions, and eventually they will scrutinize the regulators, too.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

Eisman asked, “Are any regulators interested in this?”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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