controlling
Example Sentences
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In rats, for example, excess histidine can be converted into histamine, which activates brain receptors involved in controlling food intake.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Charlotte began searching for another way of controlling Billy's seizures.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The findings give researchers a way to investigate whether deliberately controlling the curvature of graphene wrinkles could be used to adjust the material's electrical properties.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
By Wednesday, Kushner and former Disney chief executive Bob Iger had agreed to buy a controlling stake in the storied franchise at a $12.5 billion valuation, the highest price ever paid for any sports team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
To say that an Orgota government fell means, of course, only that one group of Commensals replaced another group of Commensals in the controlling offices of the Thirty-Three.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing controlling
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