controlling
Example Sentences
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The first time I wore them, the contraption felt like a puppeteer controlling my legs.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Sony Pictures Television has acquired controlling interest in the reality TV production company behind “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” and “Vanderpump Rules.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
"Instead of controlling gene activity, it's physically going to sites of DNA damage and helping bring in repair proteins."
From Science Daily • May 17, 2026
Five years ago, Rhi had a procedure to put a sacral nerve stimulation system in place - where the nerves controlling the bowel can be stimulated with a device implanted under the skin.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
The frontispiece to that book shows Euclid controlling the gate which leads not only to knowledge of ballistics but to all philosophy.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing controlling
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