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well-regulated

adjective

  1. (of a business, military outfit, routine, etc) controlled or supervised to conform to rules, regulations, tradition, etc

    a well-regulated militia



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Besides, even if pot were really, really, really well regulated like prescription drugs, diversion and abuse will still happen.

Nonetheless, as part of that militia we must be “well regulated.”

First, the Second Amendment itself includes a preamble referring to the necessity of a “well-regulated militia.”

Accidents happen even in well-regulated industries that are run by careful, caring human beings.

The other blacks who took up arms were, in her estimation, “a well-regulated militia.”

“First assure me that all other plantations are as well regulated as your own,” replied Mr Berecroft.

The incubator should be run for a day or two so that the current may be well regulated before placing the eggs in the tray.

It has already been explained that the dwarfing of the tree depends in a certain way on its well-regulated starvation.

Now in all old and well regulated stables there is one horse of exceptional renown for endurance.

I have yet to see the first proof in man or woman, that well-regulated activity of the brain injures the health.

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