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controller

[kuhn-troh-ler] / kənˈtroʊ lər /


NOUN
bursar
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NOUN
manipulator
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Radio 2 controller Helen Thomas described Scanlon as "incredibly warm and quick witted and proved to be extremely popular with the Radio 2 audience this summer".

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

As drivers ratchet up to Sport and Race modes on the manettino controller, the active exhaust valves allow more volume and breathy resonance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

“Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! I have lost thrust in my engine,” the pilot of the single-seat Mk.58 Hawker Hunter fighter jet communicated to an air traffic controller, according to an audio broadcast from @liveatc.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

She, much like the person behind the proverbial controller, is dropped into a world quickly becoming overrun by a viral plague with no idea what to do.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

I shake my head and put down my controller.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

And facilities with the most severe staffing needs will get priority when controllers are reassigned to different locations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

FAA chief Bryan Bedford has said he was authorized legally to withhold 2.8% of the increase as an incentive to get productivity gains from controllers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

They have become a hallmark of modern devices, with smartphones, watches and video game controllers among those containing small motors that move in response to specific electronic signals.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Instead, their experience will remain available to astronauts, engineers, flight controllers, and others working on the next stages of NASA's human spaceflight program.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

They had us dig out the foundation for the Factory, but the camp controllers didn’t trust us with the actual building of it.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken


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