control
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He and co-founder Bobby Murphy hold near total control of the company.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 2, 2026
More than two in five employees worked there—a higher percentage than Japan-based workers at Toyota, which has a more decentralized model of control in its markets around the world.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 2, 2026
In shared airspace, aircraft must be able to receive, interpret and respond to radio instructions, typically from air traffic control.
From BBC β Sep. 1, 2026
They developed a pump mechanism and gravity-free tank that works no matter the angle the brush is held at to control the flow.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 1, 2026
If she wants to control my life, I’m not going to make it easy for her, or be happy about it.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
"The limbic system, sometimes called the 'reptilian brain,' controls emotion broadly speaking -- but it also has other components with distinct functions," explains Imam.
From Science Daily β Aug. 31, 2026
“Parents are now aware months ahead of time that these controls will exist.”
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 29, 2026
Still, Story is greeting the new rules as "good controls".
From BBC β Aug. 28, 2026
Medicare Advantage controls more than half of the overall Medicare market of roughly 69.6 million subscribers.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 28, 2026
Klava let Galya lean over her shoulder in the air and try out the flight controls as they flew toward their targets.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
The group reviewed results from 18 randomized controlled trials that tested positive psychology and mindfulness interventions designed to improve mental or physical health.
From Science Daily β Sep. 1, 2026
Nepali authorities are blasting into hillsides to try and reach those trapped, with a controlled blast carried out at the Trishuli site in an attempt to open up access in the early hours of Monday.
From BBC β Aug. 31, 2026
His 500-year history argues that America neither invented the dollar nor has ever fully controlled it.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 31, 2026
Sensitive technologies can still be controlled through security arrangements.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 30, 2026
To the Pythagorean mind, ratios controlled the universe, and what was true for the Pythagoreans soon became true for the entire West.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Later that month, however, the spacecraft developed problems with controlling its orientation.
From Science Daily β Sep. 1, 2026
When I’m making out with Amita, there are legitimately two men — two puppet handlers — on the ground controlling a little possum that I can see.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 31, 2026
That could ratchet a funding squeeze on Walter and TWG, which recently sold a controlling stake in the Los Angeles Lakers a year after buying it.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 30, 2026
The first word is “control”: Egg freezing has become culturally synonymous with controlling fertility and offering women agency.
From Slate β Aug. 29, 2026
His voice had no conspicuous actor’s mannerisms, but it was rather excessively vibrant; it “carried” implacably when he had no interest in controlling it.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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The Scientific Method
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The ACT Science Test: The Scientific Method
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