controlling
Example Sentences
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Instead, the market seemed to move because a UMA voter controlling roughly 10% of the vote announced a “Yes” vote on Discord.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Hoover was competent and corrupt, famously controlling the FBI with an iron fist.
From Salon • May 8, 2026
Some of the people who get in trouble with the law have incredibly controlling mothers, she said, leading her to a theory that wildly overbearing parenting could even play a role in delinquent behavior.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The paper, which was published April 27 in Nature Neuroscience, answers a puzzling question about the mechanism controlling this long-observed cerebral movement.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
While I’m annoyed at her right now, I know she wasn’t trying to be controlling.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Vocabulary lists containing controlling
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