controlled
Example Sentences
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Red tape often hinders those who remain from carrying out preventive actions like controlled burns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Trading two young, team controlled players for a 19-year-old hitting .247 in Class A doesn’t seem like an upgrade any time soon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Together, the experiments allowed the scientists to follow crystallization under carefully controlled conditions of intense heat and pressure.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Part of it is lighting "cool fires": small, controlled blazes that create a patchy landscape, so fuel does not build up in one area.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
But this was very different from the idea of a human body being operated by some kind of guiding spirit which controlled its activities from minute to minute.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
