Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Regulated by one's self or itself.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Regulated by one's self or by itself.
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Examples
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In a way (and I say this without a trace of a joke, although it will sound like it is, please don't think I am!), you introduce a "Fairtrade" pornographic magazine, self-regulated with models that do not suffer the usual problems that models suffer.
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Regulators will continue their investigation into why an estimated $1.2 billion in customer funds went missing before the firm filed for bankruptcy protection Oct. 31 and consider the implications for the mostly self-regulated futures industry.
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Sarah Lukin, director of the Native American Contractors Association, defended the Alaska native program, saying that it is fair, beneficial to natives and taxpayers, and self-regulated by the natives through corporate board elections.
For many with stake in Alaska native corporations, promise of better life remains unfulfilled Robert O'Harrow Jr. 2010
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In the Egyptian case, the raid was in the wake of government concerns that street protests, if not carefully self-regulated, might spiral out of control and damage consensus notions of post-Tahrir conduct.
Monroe Price: "Stability" and "Media Freedom" in the Arab Spring Monroe Price 2011
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As regulators scramble to gauge what other lines might be at risk, lawmakers from both parties are raising alarms that another spill could be imminent unless the government steps up oversight of the largely self-regulated pipeline industry.
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Sarah Lukin, director of the Native American Contractors Association, defended the Alaska native program, saying that it is fair, beneficial to natives and taxpayers, and self-regulated by the natives through corporate board elections.
For many with a stake in Alaska native corporations, promise of a better life remains unfulfilled Robert O'Harrow Jr. Washington Post Staff Writer 2010
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It's clear: This was a largely self-regulated industry.
Macondo blowout: Where was the government? Joel Achenbach 2010
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And those of us who do our best to raise mindful, empathic, self-regulated individuals have to throw them into the pirana pool at some point in their tender lives.
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Sarah Lukin, director of the Native American Contractors Association, defended the Alaska native program, saying that it is fair, beneficial to natives and taxpayers, and self-regulated by the natives through corporate board elections.
For many with stake in Alaska native corporations, promise of better life remains unfulfilled Robert O'Harrow Jr. 2010
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As regulators scramble to gauge what other lines might be at risk, lawmakers from both parties are raising alarms that another spill could be imminent unless the government steps up oversight of the largely self-regulated pipeline industry.
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