control
Usage
Example Sentences
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Some of the city’s rising costs are out of its control.
As CEO Zach Reitano explains: “Too many problems in our healthcare system exist because the patient does not control the flow of money at the point of purchase,” he says.
While most such systems currently used on the road specify that the driver is ultimately in control of the car, the court's ruling now makes that a legal standard nationwide.
From Barron's
A Danish autonomous territory, Greenland gained control over its raw materials and minerals in 2009.
From Barron's
A fire at an oil refinery in Cuba has been brought under control quickly, as the country faces a deepening fuel crisis.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
