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noun

regulating

the act of controlling or directing according to rule

In a sentence

Six example sentences with regulating, each labelled with its topic.

  • The regulating of overnight lending fell to a small committee whose minutes moved markets more than any speech.

    Finance

  • The regulating of the shot clock belongs to one official at the table, and his signal ends every dispute.

    Basketball

  • The regulating of water drawn from the river passes to a basin authority that publishes daily allowances.

    Environment

  • The regulating of street vendors moved from the police to a licensing office, and the number of disputes fell within a year.

    Law

  • The regulating of temperature across the server hall depends on sensors that report every rack to a single control screen.

    Technology

  • The regulating of campaign donations now belongs to an independent commission that publishes every gift over fifty dollars.

    Politics

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