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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
decontrol . - adjective Released from a form of control.
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Examples
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Then, in October 2009, a court ruled that the partnership had improperly decontrolled the rent for thousands of apartments, and would have to return them to their original status.
Capitalist Fools 2010
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Then, in October 2009, a court ruled that the partnership had improperly decontrolled the rent for thousands of apartments, and would have to return them to their original status.
Capitalist Fools 2010
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Even though many of the apartments have been decontrolled, net income has barely risen.
Capitalist Fools 2010
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Reagan decontrolled oil and natural-gas prices almost immediately upon moving into the White House.
Ronald Reagan's Economics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Future increases then follow the CPI, or the apartment is decontrolled entirely.
New Jersey's Rent-Control Laws Fading Heather Haddon 2011
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Even though many of the apartments have been decontrolled, net income has barely risen.
Capitalist Fools 2010
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Commodities like steel and cement were decontrolled years ago.
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The government increased the price of diesel by 2 rupees a liter and said the fuel will also be decontrolled in the near-future, though it didn't say by when.
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If it were decontrolled, it would cost his constituents millions of dollars.
Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010
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India last month fully market-linked prices of gasoline and partly decontrolled prices of diesel while raising prices of cooking fuels to wean the government off a massive subsidy burden.
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