Meanings
adjectivepreregulation (not comparable)
- not comparableBefore the introduction of a regulation.
There were those who said the city was seeking to prevent demonstrations against the Iraq war and those of a more nostalgic bent who simply remembered a time preregulation when the Great Lawn played host to Simon and Garfunkel concerts and large-scale papal Masses.
2008 January 9, Alan Feuer, “Antiwar Groups Claim Victory in Settlement Over Great Lawn”, in New York Times
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preregulation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preregulation
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“preregulation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preregulation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preregulation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preregulation.
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