controlling
Example Sentences
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The researchers then searched for the biological signals controlling this process.
From Science Daily • Jun. 27, 2026
DuPont owned a controlling stake in General Motors in those years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
They would simply make unmistakably clear that the executive cannot determine whether Congress’ statutory commands ever become operative by controlling the very event that activates them.
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
I hated those earrings so much when I first met her, and all that “no praise” stuff seemed so silly and controlling.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Vocabulary lists containing controlling
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