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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The U.S. airline industry has been deregulated since 1978.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A bill pending in Congress would deregulate electricity sales nationwide.
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California did not deregulate its electricity system-the government changed the regulations, and botched the job.
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The government set off a consumer spending boom last year by deregulating shop hours.
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The long slow process of deregulating the financial sector in fundamental ways is also coming unstuck.
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The pressure to deregulate came therefore not only from outside but from inside the Stock Exchange.
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The progressive dismantling of regional development policy since 1979 has moved more swiftly than steps aimed at deregulating the housing sector.
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The real payoff comes when governments deregulate these systems, because they create the basic incentives that drive employees.