antiregulatory
- a word derived from regulatory.
Example Sentences
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But it could take years before these proposals take effect — if they can withstand fierce resistance from the powerful tobacco lobby, antiregulatory groups and the vaping industry.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
Though he had no documented interaction with Boulware himself, Reagan was spending many weeks a year in conversation with midlevel executives, plant managers, and workers steeped in Boulware’s antiregulatory views.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2016
That effort cuts against Florida’s well-entrenched antiregulatory instincts and a marine industry that generates more than $8.9 billion in economic activity and 107,000 jobs.
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2014
Howard has the zeitgeist with him, or at least the antiregulatory political winds in Washington.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Named to the post by George Bush in 1990, Kessler inherited an agency understaffed and demoralized after the antiregulatory ardor of the Reagan years.
From Time Magazine Archive
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