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Meanings of regulate in English
Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations.
Synonyms
Examples for "order"
Examples for "order"
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In the area of music, however, a sea change is in order.
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Police support groups, however, say the officers were only maintaining public order.
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In order to achieve this result, Brazil decided to adopt new methods.
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An administration official said the new executive order would likely exclude Iraq.
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Not this yes yes I must and order order order follow done.
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On the latest figures, National would need New Zealand First to govern.
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It will govern the way our Union functions for years to come.
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This means Labour would be able to govern without a coalition partner.
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The law would govern all statutory audits carried out in the EU.
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The election result didn't give a single party the mandate to govern.
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He said the president's support would regularise the status of illegal Irish.
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There is currently no safe way for them to regularise their status.
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They told me that to regularise my situation I had to pay X amount.
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In short, dear Ruth, we have only to regularise things and we are forgiven.
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I have submitted a visa application to regularise my status.
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We left them the other, and we asked them to regularize it.
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He said more should be done to regularize the status of Africans in Europe.
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They are working to check out if it's legal and if they can regularize it.
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The plan to regularize Delhi's unauthorized settlements had been floated for more than a decade.
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In the spring of 2013, Barack Obama signed Presidential Policy Guidance meant to regularize the drone campaign.
Usage of regulate in English
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One way to regulate a company is through competition, through government regulation.
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Late last year, a proposal to regulate bank fees hit local markets.
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The paragraph says national governments will continue to regulate domestic arms sales.
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Principles regulate ranges of events, but particular and unpredictable events make history.
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Mr Davies said: I do not trust this industry to regulate itself.
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Plans to regulate the alternative-healthcare system can't come soon enough for consumers.
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The organisation called on the Government to regulate and develop the sector.
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President Rafael Correa says the bill will better regulate the water system.
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However, how they cross-regulate each other during this process remains largely unknown.
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He said legislators needed to proceed step by step to regulate marijuana.
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Countries will be free to regulate e-cigarettes as medicine if they choose.
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According to them, it attempts to preempt state laws that regulate chemicals.
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Verrilli answered that a law seeking to regulate that would have problems.
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But federal and state laws do not regulate location data and collection.
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Following the spat, Trump signed an executive order to regulate social media.
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However, how these stress responses coordinately regulate cellular metabolism is still unknown.
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Regulate through the time
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