controls
Example Sentences
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“State law controls, unless there’s a conflict with higher authority,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
One of them is Charter Amendment PL, a package of five proposals that would streamline certain parts of the Planning Department, which controls land use, signs off on construction and renovation projects and guides growth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
They said because the listing by Which? was not "live" on its site across the two months it was present, "some of our automatic fraud controls were not triggered to completely remove the closed listing".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The MoJ said: "Anyone who is released faces the toughest-ever controls on their movements, including world-first restriction zones and the largest expansion of electronic tagging, with victims having a say in their perpetrators' licence conditions."
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
He shoved Pong back into a seat and wedged himself at the controls, the wheel in one hand, throttle in the other.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
