in control of
idiom
: having the power to direct or control (something)
She will still be in control of the sales department.
He managed to stay in control of his emotions.
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The ownership group now in control of Snctm took issue with Lawner’s post.
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Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
If the team in control of the ball hits the rim, the ground or the net in two consecutive bounces, then the other team gets a point.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
Many are from his youth, but there’s also one that looks like a surveillance image from earlier in the film, at Grace and Roger’s house, hinting that Beau’s mom has been in control of his life all along.
—Vulture, 13 June 2023
Well, those are people that don't believe in an almighty god who has, who is absolutely in control of our lives.
—Jennifer Hassan, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2023
Critics previously said the measure would put mostly White, conservative state officials in control of much of a city where more than 80% of residents are Black and is a majority Democratic city.
—Omar Jimenez, CNN, 21 Apr. 2023
To put it another way, Kim is in control of this particular launch—which seems exactly as the Skims founder would want it.
—Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 9 June 2023
That was followed by a bloody war that subsided in the early 1990s with a victorious Armenia in control of Nagorno-Karabakh as well as a huge part of Azerbaijan proper.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2023
Obviously hugely privileged, but really not in control of their days.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2023
Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
If the team in control of the ball hits the rim, the ground or the net in two consecutive bounces, then the other team gets a point.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
Many are from his youth, but there’s also one that looks like a surveillance image from earlier in the film, at Grace and Roger’s house, hinting that Beau’s mom has been in control of his life all along.
—Vulture, 13 June 2023
Well, those are people that don't believe in an almighty god who has, who is absolutely in control of our lives.
—Jennifer Hassan, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2023
Critics previously said the measure would put mostly White, conservative state officials in control of much of a city where more than 80% of residents are Black and is a majority Democratic city.
—Omar Jimenez, CNN, 21 Apr. 2023
To put it another way, Kim is in control of this particular launch—which seems exactly as the Skims founder would want it.
—Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 9 June 2023
That was followed by a bloody war that subsided in the early 1990s with a victorious Armenia in control of Nagorno-Karabakh as well as a huge part of Azerbaijan proper.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2023
Obviously hugely privileged, but really not in control of their days.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2023
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