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Princeton's WordNet

  1. regulatedadjective

    controlled or governed according to rule or principle or law

    "well regulated industries"; "houses with regulated temperature"

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  1. regulated

    Regulated is a term referring to something being controlled or supervised by a set of rules, guidelines, or laws. This could be an industry, practice, or a system that functions under the authority of an official or government body responsible for making sure these rules, standards, or laws are adhered to.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Regulated

    of Regulate

Editors Contribution

  1. regulatedverb

    Verb form of the word regulate.

    The water flow is regulated at the resevoir.


    Submitted by MaryC on July 29, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of regulated in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of regulated in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of regulated in a Sentence

  1. Vinayak Prasad:

    So it's also a gateway for young people, the answer is it needs to be regulated. WHO has clear guidelines – to get electronic cigarettes regulated. And if you are banning it, fine, but if you aren't banning it don't let it (go) free in the market, because the young people are taking it up.

  2. Mahatma Gandhi, 1922 Circuit House speech (court) charged with "attempting to disaffect towrds his majestys government":

    Affection cannot be manufactored or regulated by law. If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should be free to give the fullest expression to his disaffection, so long as he does not contemplate, promote, or incite to violence.

  3. Stefaan Poortman:

    Sites all over the world are under threat at any given moment. Apart from the monuments and ancient cities in the Middle East, I would say historic districts of major cities in Asia face the highest threat due to the unchecked sprawl and development, tourism is not regulated well enough and the massive influx is putting a strain on sites all over the world. The most well-known sites like Angkor or Machu Picchu are really swamped with tourism. Not only does it affect the sites but at a certain point, if unchecked, tourism can negatively impact the quality of life for local communities as well.

  4. Haley Coles:

    A deadly dose of Fentanyl is not very much at all, it's a couple of granules…and because it's showing up in drugs and people don't know it, because it's not regulated in any capacity, and because it's so strong and potent it is accidentally being mixed into drugs, or it's really easy to accidentally put too much in a drug.

  5. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

    If capitalism was under another system which regulated it, so that supplies would fit the demand, rather than the suppliers trying to manipulate demands with deception to sell, then capitalism would be a great system.

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