controlled
Example Sentences
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In September 2024, Detective Donald Paul, an officer with the State College Police Department, recruited a confidential informant to make multiple controlled purchases from Robinson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
About 30 checkpoints along the route marked stretches of road controlled by different commanders – a clear sign of the fractured make-up of the forces fighting on the government side.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
He called for an open approach to AI development, warning it would be "fundamentally wrong" for such a crucial technology to be controlled by a few companies, rendering oversight more difficult.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Carefully controlled laser beams were then used to adjust how the ions interacted with one another.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
But in a wild state, the real difference is that we use controlled fire.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
