lose control
Example Sentences
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That authority spent three months working with Herefordshire colleagues and sorting out security and stock control.
From BBC • Aug. 4, 2023
"We haven't had 'just-in-time' stock control at all, because of delivery delays, but we're fortunate to have storage capacity and have ordered well ahead for Christmas."
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2021
It has since closed nearly 130 stores but said the fortunes of both chains were improving under a new management team, with tighter stock control and investment in stores.
From The Guardian • Apr. 17, 2013
Behind Federated and Allied among U.S. chains, it moved closer to second place last spring by acquiring stock control of Oregon's Meier & Frank, a move that caused a bitter battle with Los Angeles' Broadway-Hale.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Brainard had swung in at the turn and had quietly accumulated the stock control which he needed.
From Constance Dunlap by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)