under the control of
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: under the direction or control of
The team is under the control of a new coach.
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Swaths of it are under the control of a patchwork of different militias with competing agendas who regularly shift allegiances.
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Clarissa Ward, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
Instead, his administration is reaching for the possible: partial agreements, implemented as soon as they are signed, to reduce violence and return state governance to parts of the country that are presently under the control of armed groups.
—Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
All signs point to a conventional tech company under the control of one powerful executive — exactly the structure it was built to avoid.
—Kylie Robison, The Verge, 27 Sep. 2024
As with the other two lawsuits, a judge has put the scheme under the control of a receiver, according to the FTC.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2024
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Clarissa Ward, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
Instead, his administration is reaching for the possible: partial agreements, implemented as soon as they are signed, to reduce violence and return state governance to parts of the country that are presently under the control of armed groups.
—Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
All signs point to a conventional tech company under the control of one powerful executive — exactly the structure it was built to avoid.
—Kylie Robison, The Verge, 27 Sep. 2024
As with the other two lawsuits, a judge has put the scheme under the control of a receiver, according to the FTC.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2024
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