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as in regulating
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
you must learn to control your temper
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as in containing
to gain emotional or mental control of
he controlled himself only with the greatest difficulty in the face of his opponent's insulting remarks
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as in governing
to exercise authority or power over
circumstances often control the choices we make in life
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as in managing
to look after and make decisions about
during the period that she controlled the company it was highly profitable
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Recent Examples of controlling
Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 2 Apr. 2026
New Delhi on Tuesday relaxed rules for investments from countries sharing a land border with India, allowing automatic approval for non-controlling ownership of up to 10%, subject to compliance requirements.
—Shruti Srivastava, Bloomberg, 11 Mar. 2026
Matthew Chin, CNBC, 12 June 2026
The last Canadarm2 berthing took place in April with Williams controlling the arm, and Hathaway supporting, to pick up the arriving Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL spacecraft.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 12 June 2026
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Adjective
The structure also includes equity from several French partners and an additional contribution from Carbios, which will leave the company as a minority, non-controlling shareholder.
—Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 2 Apr. 2026
New Delhi on Tuesday relaxed rules for investments from countries sharing a land border with India, allowing automatic approval for non-controlling ownership of up to 10%, subject to compliance requirements.
—Shruti Srivastava, Bloomberg, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
Protesters gather with banners and placards outside the offices of Google Deepmind at a protest organized by PauseAI UK and other groups concerned in controlling the development of advanced Artificial Intelligence systems, in London on February 28, 2026.
—Matthew Chin, CNBC, 12 June 2026
The last Canadarm2 berthing took place in April with Williams controlling the arm, and Hathaway supporting, to pick up the arriving Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL spacecraft.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for controlling
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Galitzine is taking on the iconic role of Adam Glenn, an exiled alien on Earth who learns that the domineering villain Skeletor is terrorizing his home world of Eternia.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
6 June 2026
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Haverill is introduced in season 1 as a domineering borough commander who antagonizes Det.—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 June 2026
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You’re supposed to win when that happens … except that the two Dodgers starters, Shohei Ohtani and Blake Snell, were equally dominating.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Anthropic employees have so far provided a $476,000 boost to Alex Bores, a New York assemblymember running for Congress who sponsored that state’s new law regulating AI.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2026
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MedPage Today reported this week that at the annual meeting of the American Medical Association delegates urged the FDA to do a better job regulating unapproved peptides.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Officials provided no information on crews’ progress in containing the blaze.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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When reached for comment, SJSU provided a link to a webpage containing the document for a court order.—
Jackson Thompson OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
11 June 2026
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Within a year, authorities must regulate procedures governing the country’s cattle identification and traceability systems and establish due diligence requirements for deforestation-free cattle ranching.—
Steven Grattan,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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At the center are the lawmaking and governing institutions.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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The Spurs jumped out to a 29-point lead in Game 4 at Madison Square Garden before turning into a shell of themselves, somehow managing to give up the massive lead and hand the Knicks the largest comeback in NBA Finals history.—
Mark Harris OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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The people most committed to managing their time well are often the most frustrated by the results.—
Cynthia Pong,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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At the same time, passion intensifies quickly and someone could become more possessive, attached or emotionally invested than expected.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
8 May 2026
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Jeff Probst got possessive about his contestants.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
4 May 2026
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And in a normal season, your reasoning would be logical and cogent.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Apr. 2026
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Her former colleague, Paul Michel, says Newman is clear and cogent.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Controlling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/controlling. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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