regulate
verb (used with object)
to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc..
has been regulating
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present perfect progressiveof regulate (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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“The UK has been regulating for risk, but not regulating for growth,” she will say.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2024
California has been regulating river flows, however imperfectly, for more than a century.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2023
The U.S. has been regulating immigration since not long after it won independence from Britain, according to a paper by the Pew Research Center’s D’Vera Cohn.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2017
In response to the quakes, Governor Mary Fallin, a Republican, said last week that the state has been regulating disposal wells, taking some steps to limit their injection rate and depth of their injections.
From Reuters ● Jan. 10, 2016
An aviator who has been regulating his flight by instruments will check up his navigation on the first landfall.
From Opportunities in Aviation by Arthur Sweetser
