in the control of
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: directed by or in the power of
Two-thirds of the market is in the control of three companies.
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Using paralyzed patients’ natural brain signals is bound to bring big improvements in the control of their bodies.
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IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2017
Denver officials filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking the closure of the property, which has accrued nearly $280,000 in fines because of its unsafe condition, and the city asked a judge to place the building in the control of a third-party caretaker.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
The wild card here is that this is no longer entirely in the control of clinicians or professional organizations.
—Laura Hercher, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2024
The kidnapping of Black people out of the country struck fear in those who were still in precarious situations in the control of their former enslavers — without protection from Union troops.
—Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2017
Denver officials filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking the closure of the property, which has accrued nearly $280,000 in fines because of its unsafe condition, and the city asked a judge to place the building in the control of a third-party caretaker.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2025
The wild card here is that this is no longer entirely in the control of clinicians or professional organizations.
—Laura Hercher, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2024
The kidnapping of Black people out of the country struck fear in those who were still in precarious situations in the control of their former enslavers — without protection from Union troops.
—Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
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“In the control of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20control%20of. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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