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deregulating

deregulating is the present participle and gerund 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 deregulating

What is deregulating the present participle and gerund of?
Deregulating is the present participle and gerund of deregulate.

Words near deregulating in the dictionary

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

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