Verb (used with object) : to deregulate the trucking industry; to deregulate oil prices.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : Some banks have already started to deregulate.    From Dictionary.com. 

Ronald Reagan made significant advances in deregulating the economy as well and was infinetly better at articulating the reasons for doing it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reagan's Economics in Context, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

I like the idea of deregulating pollution in trade.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Isn't she the same political hack who pushed for "deregulating" the trucking industry?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Super-Delegates, Super-Delegates, And More Super-Delegates] Reference

Only economic liberalization — such as deregulating industries or setting banks free to make market-driven credit decisions — will unleash sustainable Chinese growth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shanghai Reality Check] Reference

But there was a time when people were in favor of deregulating.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 17, 2008] Reference

SIFMA has been a important proponent of deregulating the securities industry.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Golden Throne" Award for Securities and Bank Lobbyist] Reference

The review -- led by John Redwood -- identifies ways of deregulating business.    From Wordnik.com.  [Did the BBC play fair with the Redwood report?] Reference

Now, one critical vote came back in 1999, essentially deregulating Wall Street.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2008] Reference

What a contrast from how California went about deregulating itself in the late nineties.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sunil Sharan: Deregulation, the Forsaken Panacea for Climate Change] Reference

Along with deregulating the electricity sector, France has taken steps towards privatizing EdF.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy profile of France] Reference

Argentina began deregulating natural gas production in 1989 as part of its privatization of YPF.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy profile of Argentina] Reference

We are deregulating important segments of our economy and trying to reduce the burden of regulation.    From Wordnik.com.  [President Remarks To Fl Legislature Joint Session] Reference

Tenant advocacy groups claim that owners are making money hand over fist by deregulating apartments.    From Wordnik.com.  [Landlord Myths] Reference

He did incredible damage to the environment by deregulating some of the regulation that was taking place.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 20, 2008] Reference

We were the first state, we like to think, that did it correctly when it came to deregulating electricity.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2002] Reference

JONAH GOLDBERG, "NATIONAL REVIEW": Well, we can argue about deregulating in energy markets some other time.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2002] Reference

We, in the original framework, discussed deregulation some at a point in time when Japan wasn't deregulating.    From Wordnik.com.  [Briefing On Bilateral Talks With Japan] Reference

The Republicans are ACCOUNTABLE for deregulating to the point of complete destruction of the financial system.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Day At The Congressional Races] Reference

It's, I think, really from a standpoint of deregulating the marketplace, that's really all about schedule and price.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 6, 2008] Reference

That has allowed it to move swiftly and decisively in deregulating power markets and building new transmission lines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Texas Two-Step] Reference

The causes of the filth: haphazard development and an out-of-control bus system that Pinochet began deregulating in 1975.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greening Of Santiago] Reference

In fact, in 1999, you voted like much of the Senate did, in favor of deregulating banks under the Clinton administration.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 17, 2008] Reference

The government is deregulating Nippon Telegraph & Telephone and the rest of the telecommunications industry fairly quickly.    From Wordnik.com.  [HOW JAPAN CAN JOIN THE GAME] Reference

Small companies have younger, cheaper work forces and can move more nimbly in deregulating markets than Japan's lumbering giants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Will The Rising Sun Shine?] Reference

Brazil was just deregulating its telecommunications market, bringing cell phones and Internet access to the fingertips of millions.    From Wordnik.com.  [A 'TROPICAL' WAY TO FLY] Reference

By deregulating oil we've come closer to achieving energy independence and helped bring down the cost of gasoline and heating fuel.    From Wordnik.com.  [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference

I've had many Republicans on our show that have admitted deregulating the banks so they could take enormous risk was not a good idea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cenk Uygur: Why Does Barack Obama Love the Establishment So Much?] Reference

When you have a government that is intent on deregulating everything in site, those mean trial lawyers are your only line of defense.    From Wordnik.com.  [It's Official: John And Elizabeth Edwards Will Not Endorse In Prez Race] Reference

OBAMA: And Senator McCain during that period said that we should keep on deregulating because that's how the free enterprise system works.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 7, 2008] Reference

Higher prices, power shortages and fears of utility bankruptcies in California have made deregulating power companies sound like a recipe for economic ruin.    From Wordnik.com.  [California Powers Down] Reference

The Reserve Bank of India is looking at the possibility of deregulating the interest rate on savings-account deposits in banks, Deputy Governor Usha Thorat said.    From Wordnik.com.  [RBI Looking at Deregulating Bank Savings Rate] Reference

During 2003 the government began deregulating fuel prices, announced the privatization of the country's four oil refineries, and instituted the National Economic.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2005 CIA World Factbook] Reference

That all changed in 1984 when President Reagan signed the Cable Communications Policy Act deregulating television and giving birth to the modern day infomercial.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 26, 2004] Reference

DOBBS: So let's talk about quickly if we could, one really important event, and that is the move in the Senate to overthrow that FCC decision deregulating big media companies.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 20, 2003] Reference