control
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Example Sentences
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Villarreal: When you’re channeling those intense emotions, is it, like, hard to keep them under control sometimes for the good of the scene?
From Los Angeles Times
The companies cited uncompetitive drug-pricing controls that mean Britain spends far less on medicines than its peers.
The British then effectively took control of the entire country.
Through a rapid thermal annealing process, the team formed a highly curved graphene structure with controlled pathways that allow ions to move with exceptional speed and efficiency.
From Science Daily
As the Labour government only controls a minority in parliament, the proposal still needs to be approved by its partners in parliament before being passed.
From Barron's
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