regulates

verb

present tense third-person singular of regulate
1
as in contains
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression) you would be well advised to regulate your enthusiasm for the venture and pause to consider the risk involved

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2
as in supervises
to look after and make decisions about the government agency that regulates the nuclear power industry in this country

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Recent Examples of regulates The medications work by blocking certain chemical messengers in the part of the brain that regulates body temperature and manages sleep/wake cycles, according to the guidance. — Shannon Firth, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026 That finding is now being read against a parallel body of research on circadian rhythm, the 24-hour internal clock that regulates eating, sleeping and other physiological processes. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026 The Amazon stores vast amounts of carbon and releases moisture that regulates weather far beyond South America. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 The sentence closes a criminal case that grew from an endangerment arrest into a sweeping prosecution tied to multiple deaths and reshaped how Texas regulates unlicensed care homes and the agents who steer older adults into them. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026 The types of healthy fats found in peanut butter may also help improve insulin sensitivity, or your body’s ability to respond to the hormone that regulates blood sugar. — Trista Chan, HEALTH, 12 Oct. 2026 Flora, 43, has served as his party’s top budget official in the chamber and been the subject of several cases with the Fair Political Practices Commission, which regulates campaign finance, lobbying and government ethics. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026 Before the city or state adopts or regulates an AI tool that touches housing, jobs, benefits or immigration, the people affected should be asked first. — Steven Choi, New York Daily News, 4 Oct. 2026 The commission also regulates lobbying and can issue penalties for fundraising and other infractions. — Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regulates
  1. contains
  2. supervises
  3. controls
  4. operates
  5. keeps
  6. oversees
  7. restrains
  8. manages
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  • If the brain’s primary goal is to reduce prediction error, this way of being contains a trap.
    — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The origin story of Silicon Valley contains two contradictions.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of contains
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  • Request the treating physician’s name and qualifications, then ask who performs each stage and how the physician supervises the team.
    — Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Frot-Coutaz also supervises Sky Studios Elstree, Sky’s state-of-the-art film and TV studio, plus Sky Studios’ global portfolio of production companies that includes Blast!
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of supervises
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  • But physicists have long suspected that at a subatomic level, there is a something that inherently controls how fast these changes can occur.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In fact, as Darman tutored me, the staff secretary sees and controls all information that goes to the President.
    — Bob Woodward, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of controls
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  • Beyond rocket production, Blue Origin operates facilities across Cocoa, Melbourne, Orlando, and Titusville.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Djrum is the rare DJ who operates almost entirely outside the world of genre; his sets swing from breakcore to IDM, jungle to techno, garage to field recordings to—well—whatever, really, depending on mood.
    — Ben Cardew, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of operates
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  • Highly possible, yet the USA keeps assuring Ukranian leaders that the support of the United States is with them.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
  • One of cosmology’s greatest mysteries is the nature of dark energy—the invisible force that keeps the universe expanding at an ever-increasing rate.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of keeps
Verb
  • The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which oversees vehicle safety, largely relies on automakers to certify that their cars meet federal standards.
    — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Working with her daughter Rachele Regini, who oversees much of the programming, Chiuri hopes to create a space where theater, dance, music and other disciplines intersect.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of oversees
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  • Farther down, the levee that restrains the rivers is a low line of trees into the horizon.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The constitutional exclusionary rule restrains government, not private parties, so the Fourth Amendment generally does not bar evidence wrongfully obtained by a private actor.
    — Jihun Joun, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of restrains
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  • American Transmission Company, a utility firm that develops and manages high-voltage transmission lines, has seen rapid growth, in part thanks to the AI and data center buildout.
    — Ted Kitterman, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The firm manages the cable’s arrival on France’s Atlantic coast and integrates it into Europe’s terrestrial network.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
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