controlling
Example Sentences
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As a result, it plays a major role in controlling the structure and long-term development of Yellowstone's magmatic system.
From Science Daily • Jun. 28, 2026
Today’s decision permits the executive, in at least some circumstances, to prevent that process from ever beginning by controlling the very event that triggers it.
From Slate • Jun. 26, 2026
Berkshire Hathaway, which has a $1 trillion market capitalization, might finally make the cut—and it would be fitting to add the conglomerate while its chairman and controlling shareholder Warren Buffett, 95, is still alive.
From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026
Hitler’s assault on the Soviet Union aimed at controlling valuable oilfields.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
This isn’t a movie about a girl who breaks away from her controlling mother, either.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
Vocabulary lists containing controlling
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