controlled

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Reasons for their absence include cost-cutting, a growing preference for tightly controlled social media-led launches, and the risk that a mauling from the Cannes critics can doom a movie.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

MacKay never was paid, however, and the money went to an account controlled by McCluskie.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Brown-Forman is publicly traded, but a majority of the company’s voting stock is controlled by Brown family members.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

That’s not the kind of thing you’d expect in a Constitution, but it was how King George controlled the judiciary in what became the United States and the colonies.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

The composition is controlled in part by perspective.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson