controlled

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Early on, elevators were operated by attendants who controlled speed and stopping manually.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

That money was deposited into a bank account Davis jointly controlled, according to court documents.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

This allows DNA-based systems to carry out controlled and repeatable tasks despite their extremely small size.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

He also said a controlled explosion has been carried out on a suspect vehicle, but that the operation remains ongoing.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

In fact, their only images have been produced under carefully controlled laboratory conditions that tell us more about the experimenter than they do about art.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson