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regulation
/ˌɹɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/
noun
An official rule or the act of controlling something with rules.
- “Stricter regulation of advertising protects children.”Toofey
- “They plan to do away with most of these regulations.”Tatoeba
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0)