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regulating

ADJECTIVE
controlling
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ADJECTIVE
normative
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AI’s threat to safety, national security and computer networks is frightening, but we have ample experience regulating the negative side effects of otherwise helpful products.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

The results indicated that OL produced its anti-inflammatory, antiproliferative, and proapoptotic effects by targeting ACOT1, regulating the arachidonic acid pathway, and influencing the downstream JAK-STAT/PI3K-AKT signaling pathways.

From Science Daily Jul. 23, 2026

He has also cited Greater Manchester's bus operating model, in which private bus firms bid to run services franchised by the local transport authority, as a possible model for regulating the water and energy sectors.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

With the law's adoption, France would join a growing list of more than 20 countries that have taken steps toward regulating children's social media access.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

When Gong demanded a feed dog—a crucial part of a sewing machine that controls stitch size by regulating the speed of fabric moving to the needle—from a seamstress who worked with Shin, she curtly refused.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden




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