controlled
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Early on, elevators were operated by attendants who controlled speed and stopping manually.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
This means scramblers or quadbikes will only be used for agricultural purposes and for controlled licenced sports events.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
That money was deposited into a bank account Davis jointly controlled, according to court documents.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
“This route goes between islands that are controlled by Iran.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
The controlled binding and unbinding of iron and oxygen—the cyclical rusting and unrusting of blood—allows effective oxygen delivery into tissues.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
