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deregulates

deregulates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deregulate.

Meaning of deregulate

Verb

deregulate (third-person singular simple present deregulates, present participle deregulating, simple past and past participle deregulated)

  1. (transitive) To remove the regulations, or legal restrictions, from.
    • Along with attacking “woke” investing, FGA has worked with legislators and elected officials to push for laws to deregulate child labor, stop Medicaid expansion and slash food stamps, among other initiatives.2024 March 17, Daniel Medina and Bob Ortega, “Emails show how a right-wing group steers GOP leaders on major policy issues”, in CNN

Questions about deregulates

What is deregulates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Deregulates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deregulate.

Words near deregulates in the dictionary

  1. deregularized
  2. deregularizes
  3. deregularizing
  4. deregulate
  5. deregulated
  6. deregulates
  7. deregulating
  8. deregulation
  9. deregulationist
  10. deregulationists
  11. deregulations

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