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deregulatory

American  
[dee-reg-yuh-luh-tawr-ee] / diˈrɛg jə ləˌtɔr i /

adjective

  1. relating to or effecting the removal of regulations on an industry, commodity, etc.


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Drillers, who have for years embraced Wall Street’s demands for capital discipline, kept their spending in check despite Trump’s exhortations and a plethora of deregulatory actions meant to spur drilling.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 8, 2026

On Thursday, Raymond James analysts said the administration’s financial deregulatory agenda “is set to accelerate significantly” next year as Bessent coordinates federal banking regulators’ efforts to ease constraints on lenders.

From Barron's Dec. 11, 2025

Much less attention has been devoted to DOGE’s claims about savings from deregulatory measures.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2025

Will she offer Britain to the global tech and pharma industries as a deregulatory haven from the EU and US respectively?

From BBC Jan. 31, 2025

"They could have made more progress towards their environmental and other views and been more deregulatory had they actually engaged the very people who are really good at this," Shapiro said.

From Salon Aug. 13, 2024

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