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controller

[kuhn-troh-ler] / kənˈtroʊ lər /


NOUN
bursar
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NOUN
manipulator
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The air traffic controller said in its statement, originally written in Spanish: "Our full support goes out to the crews and passengers who are increasingly having to endure these situations."

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

In the new study, Zhou and colleagues used super-resolution imaging on neurons grown in the laboratory and found that the MPS behaves more like a cellular traffic controller, regulating all major forms of endocytosis.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

The move aimed to increase controller ranks and ease New York region travel delays, which can ripple across the country.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

“I don’t have any radar,” a Newark controller told a flight crew during the outage, “and I can’t protect you.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Dad's got the screws out and lifts the metal bottom off the blanket controller.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

He added that "good pest controllers always, always kill them in a humane manner".

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

While the FAA moved controllers to Philadelphia, it didn’t move the radar system they had used previously.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Some current controllers say the workload can make it more difficult to separate aircraft, particularly when training new controllers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Before the incident, controllers can be heard warning of the presence of fireworks.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

But the air traffic controllers only rolled their eyes.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone




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