control tower

American

noun

a glass-enclosed, elevated structure for the visual observation and control of the air and ground traffic at an airport.

control tower British

noun

a tower at an airport from which air traffic is controlled

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Etymology

Origin of control tower

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

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In the age of AI, the company has positioned itself as an “AI control tower,” or a central dashboard that governs AI tools.

From MarketWatch

“It should ultimately have ramifications beyond security and will likely impact core workflow, IT asset management, AI control tower, and other ServiceNow offerings.”

From Barron's

It wasn’t much—a control tower and a six-thousand-foot runway, mobile homes, and a mess hall.

From Literature

A large drone flew past the control tower and settled onto its landing platform on the roof of a lower building.

From Literature

McDermott said ServiceNow’s AI tools are resonating because they integrate well with the big cloud providers, large language models and data sources, functioning as a “control tower” of sorts for business initiatives.

From MarketWatch

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