under the control of
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: under the direction or control of
The team is under the control of a new coach.
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Both Arcahaïe and Cabaret are not far from Canaan, the sprawling post-earthquake settlement on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince that is under the control of a gang named the Taliban under the leadership of Jeff Larose.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Those troops remain under the control of their governors with many of them already under orders to remain through the end of December, one of the officials said.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
National Guard historians, in response to a request by the Tribune, listed about a dozen since the enactment of the Armed Forces Reserve Act in 1952, when the Guard was called into duty and operated under the control of the president.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
That is still under the control of Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) which is named after its imaginative use of engineering.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Those troops remain under the control of their governors with many of them already under orders to remain through the end of December, one of the officials said.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
National Guard historians, in response to a request by the Tribune, listed about a dozen since the enactment of the Armed Forces Reserve Act in 1952, when the Guard was called into duty and operated under the control of the president.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
That is still under the control of Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) which is named after its imaginative use of engineering.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Under the control of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20the%20control%20of. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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