controlling

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The researchers then searched for the biological signals controlling this process.

From Science Daily • Jun. 27, 2026

Today’s decision permits the executive, in at least some circumstances, to prevent that process from ever beginning by controlling the very event that triggers it.

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2026

Berkshire Hathaway, which has a $1 trillion market capitalization, might finally make the cut—and it would be fitting to add the conglomerate while its chairman and controlling shareholder Warren Buffett, 95, is still alive.

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

This holds for other measures of concentration and after controlling for differences in style exposures across funds.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

The atom provides an organizing principle for modern physics—and it tantalizes us with the prospect of controlling matter and energy.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee