regulatory
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6.1
- adjective
- /ˈrɛɡjʊˌleɪtəri/
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regulatorio
- The government introduced a new regulatory framework to oversee the financial sector and protect consumers.
- a regulatory agency
- a regulatory authority
- a regulatory system
We are waiting for regulatory approval, you know?
- We are waiting for regulatory approval, you know?
- And do we then have to go through endless regulatory contortions to satisfy the SEC?
- So DEI doesn't actually work in the way that the regulatory framework hoped it would work.
- There's a power struggle in the regulatory ecosystem.
- banks since the credit crunch, largely driven by this additional regulatory burden that they face.
- Synapse, being a tech firm and not a bank, was mostly free of regulatory oversight.
- Technically, yes, that's the first thing that needs to change in the drug regulatory laws.
- It's subject to nuclear regulatory constraints.
- If you remove state regulatory tax credits and remember how these tax credits work.
- That's the one that that regulatory region is controlling.
Examples
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Complaints from neighbors drew in the regulatory agencies that set up new requirements for the operation.
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The US experience is too specific to US regulatory history to provide much positive guidance to Germany.
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No place outside of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has these devices at this time.
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has placed the nation's nuclear plants on their highest level of security.
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In the final stage of a regulatory program, all elements of the system are in place.
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We are waiting for regulatory approval, you know?
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So I think we have to worry about regulatory capture all the time.
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So we need a much more flexible regulatory scheme.
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Most of the institutions that destroyed the economy were under his direct regulatory authority.
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In the present situation, the state preserves extensive regulatory powers over religious organizations.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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3.5
The act of controlling and directing a country, organization or group
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6.8
Helping to control actions by rules or laws
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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4.0
A government group that checks companies and makes them follow safety rules to protect people
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4.4
A United States government agency that licenses and checks safety at nuclear power plants
- Formal
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5.3
An official group that makes rules and makes sure businesses follow them to protect people
- Specialized
A part of DNA that controls other genes by making a protein that turns them on or off
How Controlling
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Regulatory comes from the Latin root regula, which means 'rule' or 'straight edge' and is the same idea you see in regular and rule. So, something regulatory is meant to control or keep things in order.