regulate
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These special permissions gave California the authority to regulate CO2 emissions and pollutants from cargo ships, oil tankers, fishing vessels, lawn mowers, chain saws, and more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Among other jobs, it helps regulate blood clotting, clears bacteria from the bloodstream, and processes medications.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
GLP-1s help regulate blood sugar, and some studies suggest these weight-loss drugs can help with some of the problems caused by PMOS, which can bring about extreme tiredness, kidney problems and high blood pressure.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
"Don't regulate hypothetical theoretical harm, regulate actual and pragmatic harm," Huang said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
For if Congress has a power to regulate the conditions of the inhabitants of states, within the states, it will be but another exercise of that power to declare that all shall be free.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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James argues that this explanation is more parsimonious than assuming the brain contains what he calls "a higher-level, central controller that monitors and regulates sensory and motor processes."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Department of Transportation attaching itself to a series paid for by companies it regulates, including United Airlines, Chase Travel, Toyota, Boeing and Royal Caribbean.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
The UK government regulates phthalates as hazardous chemical substances but they are used in cosmetics, fragrances and food packaging.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The FDA approved the first medication to treat narcolepsy by targeting a brain chemical that regulates wakefulness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
She walks in a circle until her breath regulates, because she knows what will happen to her muscles if she doesn’t.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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Novig is regulated on the federal level after winning accreditation from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Poverty, unemployment and bureaucratic red tape force tens of millions of Africans into work that is not regulated, taxed or protected by the government.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Plenty of industries, from aerospace to hairdressers, are regulated by what we call ex ante restrictions, basically the idea that if you can’t prove in advance its safe, you can’t do it or sell it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
In October 2025, Finance Minister John O'Dowd announced plans to reform how the management of shared property was regulated, external in Northern Ireland.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
To Monod, diauxie suggested that genes could be regulated by metabolic inputs.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Seeing bright light in the morning, which is good for regulating your circadian rhythm - that is, your body's natural clock.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
It plays an important role in regulating wakefulness, attention, and sleep.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
Americans are repeatedly encouraged to scrutinize what is in their food, who made it and whether the institutions responsible for regulating it can be trusted.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
Duffy is in charge of regulating safe travel for the public.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Since the turn of the century, politicians had been introducing state and federal laws with hopes of regulating human experimentation, but physicians and researchers always protested.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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