controlling
Example Sentences
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Amid a global biodiversity crisis, birds -- which play a vital role in pollination, seed dispersal and controlling insect populations -- are one of the fastest declining groups.
From Barron's • May 20, 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
A smuggler in a French migrant camp told us the network controlling the cross-Channel trade was often referred to as the Ranya Boys.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Not even last-resort antibiotics are effective in controlling the diseases.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
Vocabulary lists containing controlling
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