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Example Sentences
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The home secretary will say the UK wants to "live up to our international obligations" by helping those who are fleeing war and persecution, but the process must be "capped and controlled".
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Recent projections from CRU, a London-based commodities-data provider, show China losing market share by the end of the decade in many of the elements and minerals it had most tightly controlled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
Theo lets out a long breath, slow and controlled, like blowing the wisps off a dandelion.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
