regulate
verb (used with object)
to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc..
had regulated
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past perfectof regulate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In every previous cycle, the Earth had regulated itself.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2016
Other ordinances had regulated bread prices and ingredients, banning adulterants, such as chalk and ground beans.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 26, 2012
It filled her with lively satisfaction, however, to see how accurately she had regulated her movements.
From The Delight Makers by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
The system of elaborate organisation by which men had regulated trade in the past had given way to an equally complete system of individualism.
From The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury by Francis Aiden Hibbert
Charles V. and Philip II. had regulated the circulation of books in their American states.
From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Juan Antonio Llorente
