regulate
verb (used with object)
to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc..
have regulated
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present perfectof regulate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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This follows Brussels’s decision over the summer to drop a proposal that would have regulated green claims in advertising and the like.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Singapore imposes hefty fines, and New York and London have regulated feeding zones.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2025
Moore underscored that, since the founding, state courts have conducted judicial review and state constitutions have regulated federal elections.
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2024
“The Virginia Legislature could not have regulated the advertiser’s activity in New York, and obviously could not have proscribed the activity in that state,” he wrote.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2022
It is upon these rules and principles the Commons contend that Mr. Hastings ought to have regulated his government; and not only Mr. Hastings, but all other governors.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
