The case was referred to the media regulator.
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Regulator
//ˈɹɛɡ.ju.leɪ.tɚ//
Synonyms for "regulator" (7 found)
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9 entriescoordinate
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6 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- منظِّم noun (device that controls or limits something)
- مُنَظِّم noun (person or group that sets standards of practice)
Armenian
1 entries- կարգավորիչ noun (person or group that sets standards of practice)
Belarusian
3 entries- рэгуля́тар noun (device that controls or limits something)
- рэгуліро́ўшчык noun (person or group that sets standards of practice)
- рэгуліро́ўшчыца noun (person or group that sets standards of practice)
Bulgarian
2 entries- регула́тор noun (device that controls or limits something)
- регула́тор noun (type of gene)
Catalan
2 entries- regulador noun (device that controls or limits something)
- regulador noun (type of gene)
Czech
2 entries- regulátor noun (device that controls or limits something)
- regulátor noun (person or group that sets standards of practice)
Finnish
4 entries- regulaattori noun (rail transport: device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinder)
- säädin noun (device that controls or limits something)
- sääntelijä noun (person or group that sets standards of practice)
- säätelygeeni noun (type of gene)
French
1 entries- régulateur noun (type of gene)
Hindi
1 entries- नियंत्रक noun (person or group that sets standards of practice)
Indonesian
3 entries- pengatur noun (person or group that sets standards of practice)
- regulator noun (person or group that sets standards of practice)
- regulator noun (very accurate clock used by clockmakers)
Irish
1 entries- rialtán noun (device that controls or limits something)
Italian
4 entries- erogatore noun (device that controls or limits something)
- legislatore noun (person or group that sets standards of practice)
- regolatore noun (device that controls or limits something)
- regolatore noun (type of gene)
Kazakh
1 entries- реттегіш noun (device that controls or limits something)
Korean
1 entries- 조절기 noun (device that controls or limits something)
Malay
1 entries- pengawal selia noun (person or group that sets standards of practice)
Polish
2 entries- regulator noun (device that controls or limits something)
- regulator noun (person or group that sets standards of practice)
Portuguese
3 entries- regulador noun (device that controls or limits something)
- regulador noun (type of gene)
- regularizador noun (person or group that sets standards of practice)
Russian
3 entries- регулиро́вщик noun (person or group that sets standards of practice)
- регулиро́вщица noun (person or group that sets standards of practice)
- регуля́тор noun (device that controls or limits something)
Spanish
2 entries- regulador noun (device that controls or limits something)
- regulador noun (type of gene)
Swedish
3 entries- regulator noun (device that controls or limits something)
- regulator noun (person or group that sets standards of practice)
- regulator noun (very accurate clock used by clockmakers)
Turkish
2 entries- dedantör noun (device that controls or limits something)
- regülatör noun (person or group that sets standards of practice)
Ukrainian
3 entries- регулюва́льник noun (person or group that sets standards of practice)
- регулюва́льниця noun (person or group that sets standards of practice)
- регуля́тор noun (device that controls or limits something)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Britain's fertility regulator has granted its first license for the genetic modification of human embryos for research into the causes of infertility and miscarriages.
Source: tatoeba (11152974)
The move comes 10 days after state regulator Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) temporarily blocked access to the popular platform on the grounds of “indecent/immoral content” and its “negative effects on society.”
Source: tatoeba (11167086)
The United States’ top environmental regulator this week announced a proposal to intensify an effort to reduce emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a highly potent greenhouse gas, in line with an international agreement the U.S. ratified in September.
Source: tatoeba (12110455)
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