regulate
verb (used with object)
to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc..
was regulating
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past progressiveof regulate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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She also asked whether the academy was regulating social media posts by cadets and the standards for the academy’s review of extremism among cadets.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2021
At the time, the EPA was regulating a list of about 126 toxic substances identified as priority pollutants — namely ingredients in pesticides and industrial chemicals.
From Salon ● May 7, 2021
Before that, what did we believe was regulating our bodies?
From The Verge ● Aug. 7, 2018
Watches lying on a shelf run differently from watches carried about, and so Father always wore the ones he was regulating.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Brenton was regulating captain there at the time, and to pacify the mob he promised to release the man—and broke his word.
From The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore by J. R. (John Robert) Hutchinson
