- present participle of control.
controlling
Example Sentences
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Companies would still face the challenge of controlling development and construction costs, which could vary by location.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
This holds for other measures of concentration and after controlling for differences in style exposures across funds.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026
"It's the closest thing we have to controlling the boundary of the quantum world," said Kamal Oudrhiri, project manager of Cold Atom Lab at JPL, referring to those low temperatures.
From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026
South Korea finished controlling possession 58% of the time, but it only earned two shots on target.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026
The old blind man had thought that controlling Ella would make him a king.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing controlling
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