controlled

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The nonprofit and the for-profit are controlled by the same people—seven of the nonprofit’s eight directors are voting members of the for-profit’s board.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

MacKay never was paid, however, and the money went to an account controlled by McCluskie.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Meta markets its glasses under the tagline: "Designed for privacy, controlled by you."

From BBC • May 13, 2026

That’s not the kind of thing you’d expect in a Constitution, but it was how King George controlled the judiciary in what became the United States and the colonies.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

Each of these leaves clasps, at its center, an iron-containing chemical named heme that can bind oxygen—a reaction distantly akin to a controlled form of rusting.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee