control room

American

noun

a room housing control equipment, as in a recording studio.

Etymology

Origin of control room

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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In a darkened control room in Navi Mumbai, 100 operators oversee bots monitoring 30,000 ATMs across India.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Then the pastor made good on his promise to deliver satire with a bit where, in response to a burst of irritating feedback, he heads to the control room.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026

Audio recordings from the Solong's bridge control room were played to jurors, accompanied by a visual reconstruction of the ship's trajectory towards the Stena Immaculate.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

Before arriving at CBS News in October to become editor in chief, Bari Weiss had never been inside a television control room.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

They simply didn’t have the option to leave the control room and reduce the length of their exposure.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

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