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controller

[kuhn-troh-ler] / kənˈtroʊ lər /


NOUN
bursar
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NOUN
manipulator
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The FAA review found that an air-traffic controller alerted Marine One about the American Airlines jet, which was taking off for Pensacola, Fla., but didn’t notify the plane’s pilots of the helicopter.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

So they launched one drone first, then transferred the battery from that controller into the other one.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

US aviation regulator the FAA said that "the air traffic controller was in contact with both the commercial pilot and Marine One pilot during the loss of separation."

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

In an email sent to 5 Live staff on Monday morning, the station's controller Heidi Dawson said he had now decided to leave.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

He squints and touches the probes to a different pair of contacts inside the controller.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

"We do know, as I've mentioned before, that this is a significant, I guess, ramping up period for air services in terms of recruiting, training, and qualifying air traffic controllers," he added.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

The agencies warned that Iran-affiliated hackers were targeting internet-connected industrial controllers “to cause disruptive effects within the United States.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

Number of internet-facing programmable logic controllers in use at organizations across the U.S. and Canada, according to research from cyber company Forescout.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

They provide so much support for our planet, as decomposers, pest controllers, food for other animals and generally for keeping our systems clean and tidy.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

That’s what Ratwatte meant when he said that no American would have been so fatally intimidated by the controllers at Kennedy Airport.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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