Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act indicated by the verb regulate.
- noun Specifically In railroading, the work in the yard of making up trains, storing cars, etc.; drilling or switching.
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- verb Present participle of
regulate .
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- noun the act of controlling or directing according to rule
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Examples
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He goes on to explain how, with Federal spending not revenue constrained, the first function of taxation is to regulate the value of the dollar, which we know as regulating inflation.
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He goes on to explain how, with Federal spending not revenue constrained, the first function of taxation is to regulate the value of the dollar, which we know as regulating inflation.
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Where the society has a “compelling, subordinating interest” in regulating population size, the right of the individual may be curtailed.
Science Czar John Holdren denies the ‘right of women to choose?’ - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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-- Just as bad as poorly regulating is over-zealously regulating the wrong people, in which case you are not spending your time where you should be.
How Can We Make Government Do A Better Job? Mark J. Ohringer 2010
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Here they are Liberal - an ideology with similar views on civil liberties and personal freedom issues but now supporting a much stronger role for government in regulating and manipulating the private economy and providing public support for the economically and socially disadvantaged, though still stopping well short of full socialism.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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If government can't do their job in regulating private industry, why should I trust that they can take over and manage the same services that they failed to regulate?
WH may push through health care reform without Republicans 2009
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-- Just as bad as poorly regulating is over-zealously regulating the wrong people, in which case you are not spending your time where you should be.
How Can We Make Government Do A Better Job? Mark J. Ohringer 2010
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In proposing the ban, it joins municipalities across the nation in regulating leaf blower noise.
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Here they are Liberal - an ideology with similar views on civil liberties and personal freedom issues but now supporting a much stronger role for government in regulating and manipulating the private economy and providing public support for the economically and socially disadvantaged, though still stopping well short of full socialism.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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A TRUE conservative wants to reduce the Federal governments role in regulating our personal lives as much as possible.
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