controller

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A long-standing idea in neuroscience holds that the brain acts as a centralized controller that decides which actions an animal will perform.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

The city controller acts as the city’s chief accountant and provides oversight on the city’s spending.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Lord Grade was chief executive from Channel 4 from 1988 to 97, and has also been controller of BBC One, chairman of the BBC and executive chairman of ITV.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

“It seemed like a way to experience my younger self again,” says Digons, a New York law-firm accounting controller.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

I put my controller down and leaned back on our foam couch and was asleep.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green