in (full) command of
idiom
: having complete control of
She seems to be in (full) command of the situation.
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The instructor pilot, in command of the aircraft, had 1,000 flying hours, Koziol said, and the other pilot, a woman, had 500 hours.
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Chad De Guzman, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025
As particulates clouded the view from Alvin, Kaitlyn Beardshear of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the pilot in command of the day’s journey, slowed the sub, keeping close watch on the temperatures.
—Maya Wei-Haas, New York Times, 2 May 2025
This puts her in command of programming, acquisitions, commercial, marketing, creative and productions, working out of NBCU’s Sydney, Australia office.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025
Among them was the ceremony’s keynote speaker, 95-year-old Rear Adm. Larry Chambers, who was in command of the Midway during that operation — the largest helicopter rescue in the history of the U.S. military.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
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Chad De Guzman, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025
As particulates clouded the view from Alvin, Kaitlyn Beardshear of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the pilot in command of the day’s journey, slowed the sub, keeping close watch on the temperatures.
—Maya Wei-Haas, New York Times, 2 May 2025
This puts her in command of programming, acquisitions, commercial, marketing, creative and productions, working out of NBCU’s Sydney, Australia office.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025
Among them was the ceremony’s keynote speaker, 95-year-old Rear Adm. Larry Chambers, who was in command of the Midway during that operation — the largest helicopter rescue in the history of the U.S. military.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
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