control point
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of control point
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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"What we found is that HELZ2 acts as a powerful control point for how many cholesterol-carrying particles ultimately enter the bloodstream."
From Science Daily ● May 25, 2026
Proponents of rent control point out that under California’s Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, jurisdictions can enact rent control only on buildings constructed before 1995.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
We drove for nine hours to the nearest border control point, and walked across.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2022
His lawyers have said he was kept at the immigration control point at Melbourne Airport for about eight hours after he arrived, and that he had little communication with them during that period.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2022
It was the first time either of them had seen the blockhouse, the control point from which the rockets were fired.
From The Scarlet Lake Mystery by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
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