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controller

[kuhn-troh-ler] / kənˈtroʊ lər /


NOUN
bursar
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NOUN
manipulator
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As drivers ratchet up to Sport and Race modes on the manettino controller, the active exhaust valves allow more volume and breathy resonance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

“Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! I have lost thrust in my engine,” the pilot of the single-seat Mk.58 Hawker Hunter fighter jet communicated to an air traffic controller, according to an audio broadcast from @liveatc.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

She, much like the person behind the proverbial controller, is dropped into a world quickly becoming overrun by a viral plague with no idea what to do.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

This controller acts as the robot's "brain," determining where the robot is and deciding how it should move.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

When push comes to shove, Americans fall back on their American-ness, and that American-ness means that the air traffic controller is thought of as an equal.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

But these controllers need reliable equipment, and the concern is that they aren't getting it.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Because the first maneuver was so accurate, mission controllers can wait longer before making the follow-up adjustment, which is now scheduled for later this month.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

Pfizer PFE 0.25%increase; up pointing triangle is taking aim at an unusual target in its quest to get paid for millions of unwanted Covid-19 vaccines: air-traffic controllers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Marvell refers to its custom chips as XPUs, and to the components that support them in data centers — such as networking and storage controllers — as XPU attach.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

She’s with the camp controllers, I reminded myself.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken




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