Regulation
noun
A rule made by a government or authority to control how something is done or how people behave.
Government regulations ensure the safety of the food we eat.
Often appears as...
- government regulation
- safety regulation
noun
The action or process of controlling something.
Regulation of blood pressure is crucial in maintaining health.
Often appears as...
- regulation of blood pressure
- regulation of temperature
noun
A rule or directive made and maintained by an authority.
Breaching these regulations may lead to prosecution.
Often appears as...
- breach of regulation
- adhere to regulation
Usage tips
Legal
noun
A specific rule or procedure established by a sport's governing body.
The regulation against using performance-enhancing drugs is strictly enforced.
Often appears as...
- violate a regulation
- adhere to regulation
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Sports
adjective
Conforming to a rule, standard, or law.
The equipment was of regulation size.
Often appears as...
- regulation size
- regulation uniform
noun
A rule made by a government or authority to control how something is done or how people behave.
Government regulations ensure the safety of the food we eat.
Often appears as...
- government regulation
- safety regulation
noun
The action or process of controlling something.
Regulation of blood pressure is crucial in maintaining health.
Often appears as...
- regulation of blood pressure
- regulation of temperature
noun
A rule or directive made and maintained by an authority.
Breaching these regulations may lead to prosecution.
Often appears as...
- breach of regulation
- adhere to regulation
Usage tips
Legal
noun
A specific rule or procedure established by a sport's governing body.
The regulation against using performance-enhancing drugs is strictly enforced.
Often appears as...
- violate a regulation
- adhere to regulation
Usage tips
Sports
adjective
Conforming to a rule, standard, or law.
The equipment was of regulation size.
Often appears as...
- regulation size
- regulation uniform
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Government Influence
The word 'regulation' often implies rules set by authorities for public welfare.
Businesses must follow new government regulations on recycling.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Emphasis
'Regulation' can suggest measures taken to protect safety and health.
Safety regulations prevent accidents in the workplace.
Pro Tip 3/3Industry Specific
Regulations can vary greatly across different industries and sectors.
Financial regulations cover areas like banking and investing.
Pro Tip 1/3Government Influence
The word 'regulation' often implies rules set by authorities for public welfare.
Businesses must follow new government regulations on recycling.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Emphasis
'Regulation' can suggest measures taken to protect safety and health.
Safety regulations prevent accidents in the workplace.
Pro Tip 3/3Industry Specific
Regulations can vary greatly across different industries and sectors.
Financial regulations cover areas like banking and investing.
Pro Tip 1/3Government Influence
The word 'regulation' often implies rules set by authorities for public welfare.
Businesses must follow new government regulations on recycling.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Emphasis
'Regulation' can suggest measures taken to protect safety and health.
Safety regulations prevent accidents in the workplace.
Pro Tip 3/3Industry Specific
Regulations can vary greatly across different industries and sectors.
Financial regulations cover areas like banking and investing.
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How to create cleaner...
it's still too easy and much cheaper to keep emitting carbon dioxide, and that makes it tempting to completely ignore coal's dark side. In this case, the most powerful force for good is regulation, the rules that can restrict the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from power plants, and make energy companies around the world
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Your brain hallucinates...
are continually telling the brain about the state of the internal organs, how the heart is doing, what the blood pressure is like, lots of things. This kind of perception, which we call interoception, is rather overlooked. But it's critically important because perception and regulation of the internal state of the body --
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Why do we have hair in...
to help their sweat evaporate faster. However, if losing our hair was so advantageous, why do we have any left at all? It seems that there are unique uses for hair in different parts of our bodies. When it comes to the tops of our heads, temperature regulation likely played a part again.
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Diving 1000m Below The...
being here it is absolutely important for these huge global processes that keep our planet habitable it sequester's carbon and it absorbs heat plays a massive role in climate regulation without our oceans we would not be able to live here because our planet would be
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How we must respond to...
but we ran into people who had coronavirus, who hadn't been travelers. So, that was like an early warning sign, even though the regulation said you weren't supposed to even look at that. So yeah, the Foundation is working with all the private sector people,
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Barry Schwartz: Using...
in serving the long-term interests even of their own companies, rather than securing short-term profits. So if we find just the right incentives, they'll do the right thing -- as I said -- selfishly, and if we come up with the right rules and regulations,
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Brain 101 PIPE National...
and the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, which work together to produce and regulate neurochemicals. These structures help govern sensations, weight regulation, energy, and instinctual behaviors, such as eating, drinking, and having sex.
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The science of smog -...
leading to a massive reduction in smog. Similarly, regulations on vehicle emissions and gas content in the US reduced the volatile compounds in the air and smog levels along with them. Smog remains a major problem around the world.
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Good news about...
international health regulations to encourage digital surveillance systems NGOs going out there trolling trying new experiments I'm sure I can't prove it but I'm sure that that's one of the major reasons why we're fighting
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How to turn protest into...
or, instead, a way to free them from onerous regulations. This brings us to the second strategy, choosing a defining fight. All politics is about contrasts. Few of us think about civic life in the abstract.
Video examples
How to create cleaner...
it's still too easy and much cheaper to keep emitting carbon dioxide, and that makes it tempting to completely ignore coal's dark side. In this case, the most powerful force for good is regulation, the rules that can restrict the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from power plants, and make energy companies around the world
Video examples
Your brain hallucinates...
are continually telling the brain about the state of the internal organs, how the heart is doing, what the blood pressure is like, lots of things. This kind of perception, which we call interoception, is rather overlooked. But it's critically important because perception and regulation of the internal state of the body --
Video examples
Why do we have hair in...
to help their sweat evaporate faster. However, if losing our hair was so advantageous, why do we have any left at all? It seems that there are unique uses for hair in different parts of our bodies. When it comes to the tops of our heads, temperature regulation likely played a part again.
Video examples
Diving 1000m Below The...
being here it is absolutely important for these huge global processes that keep our planet habitable it sequester's carbon and it absorbs heat plays a massive role in climate regulation without our oceans we would not be able to live here because our planet would be
Video examples
How we must respond to...
but we ran into people who had coronavirus, who hadn't been travelers. So, that was like an early warning sign, even though the regulation said you weren't supposed to even look at that. So yeah, the Foundation is working with all the private sector people,
Video examples
Barry Schwartz: Using...
in serving the long-term interests even of their own companies, rather than securing short-term profits. So if we find just the right incentives, they'll do the right thing -- as I said -- selfishly, and if we come up with the right rules and regulations,
Video examples
Brain 101 PIPE National...
and the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, which work together to produce and regulate neurochemicals. These structures help govern sensations, weight regulation, energy, and instinctual behaviors, such as eating, drinking, and having sex.
Video examples
The science of smog -...
leading to a massive reduction in smog. Similarly, regulations on vehicle emissions and gas content in the US reduced the volatile compounds in the air and smog levels along with them. Smog remains a major problem around the world.
Video examples
Good news about...
international health regulations to encourage digital surveillance systems NGOs going out there trolling trying new experiments I'm sure I can't prove it but I'm sure that that's one of the major reasons why we're fighting
Video examples
How to turn protest into...
or, instead, a way to free them from onerous regulations. This brings us to the second strategy, choosing a defining fight. All politics is about contrasts. Few of us think about civic life in the abstract.
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Jon Huntsman, Jr.
American Politician
We have lost that which has made us great over the generations, and that is the sense of individual and personal responsibility that we can come up, we can pursue our dreams and our aspirations and we won't be blocked by government regulation, by the inability to get a loan as a small business to make our dreams come true.
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Kamala Harris
American Vice President
In California, we have some of the strongest consumer protection laws in the country. While it is easy to conceive of innovation and regulation as mutually exclusive, California is proof that we can do both. We can innovate responsibly.
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Neil Gorsuch
American Judge
We seek to protect and preserve life for life's own sake in everything from our most fundamental laws of homicide to our road traffic regulations to our largest governmental programs for health and social security.
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John Stossel
American Journalist
I saw how the regulation I called for made things worse, didn't help consumers and simple competition was better. And I started praising business and occasionally criticizing regulation.
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John Redwood
British Politician
What the study I chaired actually said was we needed tougher regulation of cash and capital in banks, as credit was too easy. Events proved that right.
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Gale Norton
American Public Servant
Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation?
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Ajit Pai
American Public Servant
Heavy-handed regulations hurt the very consumers they're supposed to help.
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Winston Churchill
British Statesman
If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
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Rick Santelli
American Journalist
I believe there's only one regulation in life that works: failure.
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Ruth Porat
American Businesswoman
Culture is more important than rules and regulations.
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Jon Huntsman, Jr.
American Politician
We have lost that which has made us great over the generations, and that is the sense of individual and personal responsibility that we can come up, we can pursue our dreams and our aspirations and we won't be blocked by government regulation, by the inability to get a loan as a small business to make our dreams come true.
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Kamala Harris
American Vice President
In California, we have some of the strongest consumer protection laws in the country. While it is easy to conceive of innovation and regulation as mutually exclusive, California is proof that we can do both. We can innovate responsibly.
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Neil Gorsuch
American Judge
We seek to protect and preserve life for life's own sake in everything from our most fundamental laws of homicide to our road traffic regulations to our largest governmental programs for health and social security.
Quote examples
John Stossel
American Journalist
I saw how the regulation I called for made things worse, didn't help consumers and simple competition was better. And I started praising business and occasionally criticizing regulation.
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John Redwood
British Politician
What the study I chaired actually said was we needed tougher regulation of cash and capital in banks, as credit was too easy. Events proved that right.
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Gale Norton
American Public Servant
Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation?
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Ajit Pai
American Public Servant
Heavy-handed regulations hurt the very consumers they're supposed to help.
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Winston Churchill
British Statesman
If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
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Rick Santelli
American Journalist
I believe there's only one regulation in life that works: failure.
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Ruth Porat
American Businesswoman
Culture is more important than rules and regulations.
Example 1 of 10
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