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as in domineering
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as in regulating
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
you must learn to control your temper
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as in containing
to gain emotional or mental control of
he controlled himself only with the greatest difficulty in the face of his opponent's insulting remarks
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as in governing
to exercise authority or power over
circumstances often control the choices we make in life
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as in managing
to look after and make decisions about
during the period that she controlled the company it was highly profitable
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Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
Belk is unloading more than $950 million in debt and giving some lenders more controlling interests in the company just three years after emerging from bankruptcy.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2024
And sometimes the most controlling and destructive cliques are the ones that aren't on anyone’s radar.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 3 July 2024
In recent weeks, Redstone received overtures to sell just National Amusements and its controlling Paramount shares, which would represent a more straightforward transaction.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
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In recent weeks, Redstone received overtures from potential buyers for National Amusements and its controlling Paramount shares.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
Belk is unloading more than $950 million in debt and giving some lenders more controlling interests in the company just three years after emerging from bankruptcy.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2024
And sometimes the most controlling and destructive cliques are the ones that aren't on anyone’s radar.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 3 July 2024
In recent weeks, Redstone received overtures to sell just National Amusements and its controlling Paramount shares, which would represent a more straightforward transaction.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
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Shelby Taylor Former girlfriend of Murch, the domineering Shelby goes on hit The Real Housewives TV show franchise, and is now a prominent reality television star.Okla Jones, Essence, 22 Oct. 2024
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Jax’s domineering rule is greasing the pot for the WWE women’s champion to get her comeuppance.Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
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But, like much of the Bronx, it was erased by the city’s tightly grasping infrastructure fingers.Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
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Unlike most other camp movies, this one isn’t about preserving and revering childhood, but the sloppy, grasping, wonderful transition to adulthood.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 May 2024
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While there is a cogent argument to be made that tvOS is the most accessible platform, Apple TV, like everything else Apple makes, isn’t inexpensive.Steven Aquino, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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Amid its frenzied storytelling, the film offers a cogent theory of modern masculinity: Men suck at communicating.Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
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Your partnerships tend to be all-or-nothing — or rather, become possessive instead.Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2024
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Just as observation and a dose of evolutionary logic revealed male burying beetles not as attentive fathers but as possessive mate guarders, the natural and behavioral sciences deflated my dreamy credo, exposing my lofty aspirations as performance and self-deception.Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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Republicans have been dominant with them in the last 20 years, but with the growing Latino and Asian American populations, white voters have been on a sharp decline as a share of the electorate since the 1990s.Earl Carr, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Just before halftime, Kelce fumbled the ball, but the Chiefs pulled out another win with a dominant second half.Natasha Dye, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Balancing motherhood with a demanding professional life requires time management and incredible emotional strength.Jack McCullough, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Job stress, long work hours and poor diets are growing high-risk factors in the cities, while in rural areas, agriculture work is becoming less physically demanding and inadequate health care is leading to poor screening and treatment of weight problems, doctors and academics say.Reuters, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
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The estate is remembered as where Princes William and Harry learned of the death of their mother, Diana, and where the Queen hosted influential figures like prime ministers Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May.Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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But one especially influential person had taken note of his multilayered performance at the Josefstadt Theater.Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Their ambitions were different from the careerism that soon became the cultural world’s predominant style.Benjamin Moser, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
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Flint was a predominant automaking center but much of the manufacturing there has moved out in recent decades, though General Motors still operates Flint Assembly.Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Controlling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/controlling. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.
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