financial control

Example Sentences

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At some point, you have to hand over financial control to your newly minted adult.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Claims of undue influence, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty — if your mother had financial control or power of attorney — are common tools in cases like this.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Critics say it shifts financial control away from politicians and into the hands of unaccountable arbitrators, which could lead to bloated labor costs.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

Wright also exerted financial control, leaving her "penniless".

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Best-seller status meant Elisha only had a few months before he would be free of his family’s financial control.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock