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control

verb as in curb, hold back

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Example Sentences

The serve, I’ve learned, is the most important shot in tennis because it’s the only one you control.

“They really reassured me that I had creative control over Wisp, that I would make the calls,” Lu said.

And now that Republicans control both the Senate and Congress, the party has the power to enact major changes to health care.

From Salon

No doubt that reaction would tickle Trump, who shuns coalition-building out of the belief that arm-twisting is a superior way to control his caucus.

From Salon

The Republican party won full control of the US government in the election earlier this month - something last achieved at the start of Trump's first term in 2017.

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What are other ways to say control?

Control is either power or influence applied to the complete and successful direction or manipulation of persons or things: to be in control of a project. Authority is a power or right, usually because of rank or office, to issue commands and to punish for violations: to have authority over subordinates. Influence is a personal and unofficial power derived from deference of others to one’s character, ability, or station; it may be exerted unconsciously or may operate through persuasion: to have influence over one’s friends.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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