control panel

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Castillo then used the control panel to open the cell.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Some have buttons resembling the control panel of a spaceship; others have little faces that could be alien.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025

Instead of a conventional treadmill’s control panel, there’s a grapefruit-size glowing blue button at snout height that the animals can press to run the machine for a few seconds.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 7, 2023

It's tempting to view Vladimir Putin as a James Bond-style villain sitting at a giant control panel, in a mountain hideout, sowing chaos around the world.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2023

Until, mid-descent, when Mabel reaches toward the control panel and presses a button that makes us jolt to a stop.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour