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- you must learn to control your temper
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- he controlled himself only with the greatest difficulty in the face of his opponent's insulting remarks
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- circumstances often control the choices we make in life
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- bossing,
- captaining,
- commanding,
- governing,
- presiding (over),
- ruling,
- swaying
- [archaic]
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- during the period that she controlled the company it was highly profitable
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“Controlling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/controlling. Accessed 16 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of controlling was in 1974
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