How to Use in control of in a Sentence

in control of

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  • Brands would be in control of their own prices and product placement.
    — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023
  • While the wait staff provides service, Trovato and Pastran are in control of the food.
    — Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Start well Plan an effective start and remain in control of your emotions.
    — Lynne Curry | Alaska Workplace, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2023
  • Iger is back in control of Disney after seeing its share price drop 40 percent in his absence.
    — Lori Rozsa, Washington Post, 15 May 2023
  • By 2019, Perlmutter was also no longer in control of Marvel's shows.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The bills saw little movement at the time with Republicans in control of the Legislature.
    — Joey Cappelletti, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023
  • In a video announcing the suspension, the league noted Benn is in control of the play and made the decision to cross-check Stone, who was in a vulnerable position.
    — Stephen Hawkins, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
  • With Republicans in control of the House, however, the budget has little chance of passing.
    — Aurora Almendral, Quartz, 9 Mar. 2023
  • But the urgency of staying in control of the A.I. industry has not been lost on some government officials.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 4 May 2023
  • Luckily, there are many things that writers can do to get their work out there—actions that can make the industry feel less powerful and less in control of our fate as writers.
    — Hazlitt, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Republicans now in control of the House have been demanding deep spending cuts as the price for an increase in the statutory ceiling on federal debt.
    — Arkansas Online, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Talk therapy can help work through past or hidden traumas that contribute to OCD and learn distraction techniques to help people feel more in control of their thoughts, Rice says.
    — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 2 May 2023
  • And with Republicans newly in control of the House, D.C. has been bracing for exactly this type of intervention.
    — Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2023
  • This includes keeping customers in control of their data and allowing users to access only the files and content they are authorized to access.
    — Melody Brue, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • Battles between two rival Sudanese commanders had forced the closing of the main international airport and left roads out of the country in control of armed fighters.
    — Matthew Lee, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Campbell said that civil rights leaders are reevaluating their strategy with Republicans in control of the House now and the filibuster still in place.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2023
  • But even with Moore lobbying in person and in public and with Democrats in control of both the legislative and executive ends of the lawmaking process for the first time in eight years, legislators have scaled down many of his proposals.
    — Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Taken together, the changes in the House bill would put White, conservative state officials in control of much of the criminal justice system across a significant swathe of Jackson.
    — Casey Tolan, CNN, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The legislation likely faces a difficult path forward with Republicans in control of the U.S. House as its overall effect would be to make more federal aid available to students.
    — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2023
  • With Republicans now in control of the House, passage of such sweeping legislation is highly unlikely.
    — CBS News, 5 Mar. 2023
  • On Thursday, those three Democrats face an unprecedented vote that could see the Republican supermajority in control of the state's legislature expel them from office.
    — Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2023

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