controlled

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To explore these effects, researchers recruited 36 participants for a controlled experiment.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

If parents report better sleep due to controlled crying, then you could argue there is a benefit even if the babies are not, in fact, sleeping any more than they were before.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

The white, flat terminals, paired with routers, provide internet access by connecting to a network of satellites owned by Elon Musk's SpaceX company, allowing users to completely bypass Iran's heavily controlled domestic internet.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

The operation was tightly controlled by the Michigan Salt Association, a “pool” comprising most state producers.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

If one is continually surviving the worst that life can bring, one eventually ceases to be controlled by a fear of what life can bring; whatever it brings must be borne.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin