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controllers

noun

plural of controller

as in regulators

a mechanism for adjusting the operation of a device, machine, or system the controllers for the video game system seem fairly well designed

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Recent Examples of controllers At that moment, pilots in airborne fighter jets radioed controllers to ask for the location of the hijacked aircraft. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026 Motors, controllers and battery cells are still mostly imported. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026 Sensors, controllers and connected platforms can show where soil moisture is declining, where pressure may be dropping or where irrigation is not reaching the crop as planned. — Gaby Miodownik, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Flight controllers managed to slow the tumble and stabilize the spacecraft, using up precious fuel. — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Finally, downstream controllers convert those predictions into hardware commands, such as firing a heating beam. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026 The network will augment and replace communications relay capacity currently provided by NASA’s aging science orbiters at Mars to link ground controllers with the Perseverance and Curiosity rovers exploring the Martian surface. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026 This is the dish the telescope will use to communicate with mission controllers on the ground and beam its groundbreaking science back to Earth. — Brett Tingley, Space.com, 31 Aug. 2026 Soon afterward, the telescope separated successfully from the rocket’s upper stage, drawing applause from ground controllers. — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

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Federal regulators are opening an investigation into whether Tesla’s new steering-wheel-free taxis comply with safety rules, a day after the company began offering rides in the vehicles.

— Bernard Condon, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
Environmental regulators recruited 14 universities, nonprofits, aquariums and laboratories to focus on different pieces of the project, from genetic research and reef monitoring to coral breeding and outplanting.

— Nicolás Rivero, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026

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For households, parental controls allow restricting access to inappropriate and adult content.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2026
Potential support could cover siting, licensing, fabrication, safety-basis development, project controls and deployment planning for NANO Nuclear’s KRONOS MMR Energy System and portable microreactor designs.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026

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