self-regulating
Example Sentences
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McPhee marveled: “The industry is self-regulating and pays its own way.”
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
This creates a self-regulating way to remove excess droplets and helps prevent water buildup that could interfere with performance.
From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2025
In the 1970s, when people became concerned that gene-splicing techniques could lead to the production of super viruses, Baltimore organized a conference at Asilomar near Monterey to design a self-regulating system to monitor those experiments.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025
In the three years since the Taliban takeover, it's become clear that even if edicts aren’t strictly imposed, people start self-regulating out of fear.
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2024
The self-regulating machine is not just a crucial step towards a whole series of more advanced technologies.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
