control
Usage
Example Sentences
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A command-and-coordination centre, like a mini space mission control with staff facing big screens, monitors global developments in real time during Asian hours.
From Barron's
Chinese firms have long dominated the sector in Zambia and control major stakes in key mines and smelters, cementing Beijing's early-mover advantage.
From Barron's
While many people report breakthrough ideas emerging from dreams, researchers have struggled to test this phenomenon because dreams are difficult to control in a lab setting.
From Science Daily
The manager of the boiler and turbine department and a half-dozen staff members had donned body armor and stayed in the control room to monitor the equipment during the attack.
"The storm came in and they lost control."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
