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controlling

adjective as in ruling

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But the answers to these questions go beyond merely controlling what children watch.

Controlling the corridor was essential to supporting deep operations elsewhere in eastern Afghanistan.

So who and what exactly are we protecting and controlling by the gun regulations we have and those being discussed?

In the late 1980s, Hawking began to grow close to his redheaded, controlling nurse, Elaine Mason.

Mary Williams filed an appeal to the IRS in tax court last year, blaming her “controlling, abusive” husband for the problem.

The controlling center of consciousness is the extreme limit of the nares anteri.

The controlling leaders being out of gear the machine did not run smoothly: there was nothing but friction and tension.

P is a pallet controlling the admission of air into the body of the pipe P1.

"It is some time since I read the play," returned Hartledon, controlling his temper under an assumption of indifference.

Likewise, he owned the stage line and franchise, controlling the only right of way by which a railroad could reach up the valley.

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On this page you'll find 35 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to controlling, such as: governing, regulating, supervising, and predominant.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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