controlling

Example Sentences

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‘The question becomes, when does the physical reality of these low stockpiles actually hit the financial markets that are controlling the price of oil?’

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

South Korea finished controlling possession 58% of the time, but it only earned two shots on target.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

Now, with algorithms controlling not just weapons but entire military networks, humans are ceding wartime judgment to machines on an unprecedented scale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

“What you’re controlling is your economic destiny,” he says.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

Typical Connectives and, before, then after, once, while, when The language gives writers a second way of controlling the order in which two events are mentioned.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker