How to Use regulator in a Sentence

regulator

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  • Records show the regulator agency fined the lodge $2,000.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 4 June 2023
  • Again, Kotick sees regulators fanning the flames that led to the Journal’s exposés.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 31 May 2023
  • Use a spray bottle, clean sponge, or paintbrush to spray or brush the soapy solution onto the gas valve, the hose, and the regulator.
    — Brittany Anas, House Beautiful, 24 June 2023
  • Bracing for bad loans Of course, banks and their regulators have learned a lot of lessons from last year’s banking crisis.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Voltage regulator readings are even tighter, with the 901 joining what appears to be a four-way tie for first.
    — PCMAG, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The researchers called on parents, schools and regulators to help reduce those risks.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Next, regulators should force studios to be transparent about their use of AI.
    — Simon Rich, Time, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The bank disclosed the layoff plans this week in a filing to state regulators and local officials.
    — oregonlive, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The regulator didn’t respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.
    — Glenn Thrush, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Instagram, WhatsApp and their owner Meta are among other tech giants that have been hit with big fines by the Irish regulator over the past year.
    — Kelvin Chan, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The answer is Don Hankey, a subprime car loan billionaire who has run afoul of regulators.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Here’s some information about each airline, their customer bases, the way antitrust regulators will view the deal, and the impact of past mergers.
    — David Koenig, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2023
  • To meet climate goals, regulators want drivers to cut their mileage by a quarter of their pre-pandemic levels by 2030.
    — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The goal is to get the device approved by regulators so that it can be prescribed by doctors through the National Health Service or Medicaid.
    — Amit Katwala, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Or is Farmers playing a game of chicken with state regulators, hoping that walking away now will give it leverage to charge customers more in the future?
    — Emily Flitter, New York Times, 14 July 2023
  • The paper is important because the ideas in it could wind up forming the basis for an industry-wide effort and could guide regulators.
    — Byjeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 May 2023
  • The firm, which offered returns as high as 21% for some products, was operating in Hong Kong without a license, the regulator said.
    — WSJ, 25 Sep. 2023
  • State Air Board regulators were tasked with overseeing its spending plans in four installments, and their approval of this last segment marks the beginning of the end.
    — Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2024
  • New Oregon testing protocols turned up levels of arsenic in a batch of cannabis flower that pose a risk to public health, regulators said.
    — The Oregonian, oregonlive, 15 July 2023
  • But in other countries where regulators have forced open exceptions in the App Store, Apple has found ways to limit them as much as possible.
    — Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Yet financial regulators want banks to focus on—drum roll, please—climate change.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The Irish watchdog is the regulator for dozens of big technology companies.
    — Stephanie Bodoni, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Since then, digital asset prices have tanked and regulators have stepped up their scrutiny of the industry.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 6 June 2023
  • On Tuesday, federal regulators moved to shut down a loophole that credit card issuers have used to push through higher late fees on credit cards.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024
  • But Holcim goes a step further, lobbying regulators to come on board.
    — Bypeter Vanham, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Seaton was busy in Sacramento trying to persuade regulators to curtail the pollution from the valley’s megadairies.
    — Mark Arax, New York Times, 1 June 2023
  • Analysts correctly warned that the company could scuffle with U.S. regulators and questioned whether Grail was worth the hefty price tag.
    — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 27 July 2023
  • At a small drugstore on one of the city’s main streets, an employee working the register said drug regulators had searched the store — even inspecting the bathroom and going through employees’ bags.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2023
  • The regulators have encouraged banks to offer lower rates.
    — Laura He, CNN, 1 Sep. 2023
  • SpaceX received approval from regulators on Wednesday to carry out this latest test flight.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024

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