deregulate

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In the late ’80s and ’90s, countries began to deregulate media, satellite dishes multiplied on roofs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 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

Singh led the initiative to deregulate the economy to avoid its collapse, which he argued was otherwise imminent.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2024

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 Vaknin, Samuel