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regulated

American  
[reg-yuh-layt-id] / ˈrɛg jəˌleɪt ɪd /

adjective

  1. held to a given standard; controlled in accordance with rules, guidelines, or regulations.


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But the series also goes behind the scenes to explore how an informal gathering grew into a big-budget, heavily regulated event.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2026

The 2008 law, enacted by the SAD-BJP government, regulated the printing, publication, distribution and handling of the Guru Granth Sahib and barred its unauthorised printing or publication.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026

Getting a firm grip on the market is nearly impossible, because much of the industry isn’t regulated, and transactions can be done anonymously, making them hard to trace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2026

The risk in these new personal-finance tools is that they’re aggregating your financial information in a less regulated system that you don’t control.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026

To Monod, diauxie suggested that genes could be regulated by metabolic inputs.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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