deregulate
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In 1996, Lockyer entrusted Sher to serve on a joint Assembly-Senate conference committee that produced landmark legislation that sought to deregulate California’s electricity system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
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
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 Samuel Vaknin
It also deregulates old programs, converts defense shipbuilding to commercial, competitive construction and negotiates to lower foreign subsidies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Open-skies agreements deregulated airline competition on international routes starting in the 1990s, leading to much cheaper airfares and more international flights from the U.S., said Clifford Winston, a Brookings Institution economist who studied the pacts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
In the US, the FDA is considering easing restrictions on the use of peptide injections after Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr pushed to have the therapies deregulated.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
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
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
He aggressively pursued this goal, hosting hour-long conversations on the agency’s podcast and seeking experts for panels to advocate for deregulating treatments.
From Salon ● May 13, 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
At the same time, he made great strides in deregulating the economy and liberalizing trade.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
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