- present participle of control.
controlling
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Farah's mother said she would campaign in her daughter's name for sentences around coercive and controlling behaviour to be longer.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
EA is deeply rooted in Silicon Valley and counts controlling AI's dangers among its priorities.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
They believe that future advances in controlling electrons at the space-time limit may ultimately depend more on human creativity than on the constraints imposed by nature.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
Net profit after controlling interests was 2.76 billion euros, up from 2.43 billion euros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
And Halliday was obviously the dungeon master, even if he was now controlling the game from beyond the grave.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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