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Examples of regulator in a Sentence
the voltage regulator will make sure your car's alternator gets the right amount of electricity
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Before coming to The Athletic, Weiss spent a decade working for the government, primarily as a compliance bank regulator.
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Jared Weiss, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
State Farm’s latest plea to regulators followed a 30% rate hike request in June.
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Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025
If confirmed to the OCC, Gould would lead the regulator charged with monitoring large national banks.
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Pete Schroeder, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
Massachusetts legislators, who had a longstanding feud with Steward Health, also crafted a law, later signed by the governor, that is meant to increase regulator’s oversight over for-profit healthcare systems in the state.
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Verónica Egui Brito and, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Regulator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regulator. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
Medical Definition
regulator
noun
reg·u·la·tor
ˈreg-yə-ˌlāt-ər
1
: one that regulates
2
Legal Definition
regulator
noun
reg·u·la·tor
ˈre-gyə-ˌlā-tər
: one (as a government agency) that regulates
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