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Six example sentences with regulate, each labelled with its topic.
The new ordinance will regulate short-term rentals, capping nights per year and requiring a posted permit number.
Law
Three agencies regulate the exchange, and each one sets its own reporting deadline for the same trades.
Finance
Bakers regulate the proving room with a thermostat, since dough left above thirty degrees rises too fast.
Cooking
The new government promised to regulate the lobbying industry, requiring every meeting with a minister to be logged.
Politics
The league regulates shoe colors during the season, and a player wearing the wrong pair is fined before tipoff.
Basketball
Several countries now regulate app stores, requiring them to allow rival payment systems and outside downloads.
Technology
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