control
verb (used with object)
has controlled
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present perfectof control (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The troubles have opened a rift within the extended family that for more than 150 years has controlled Brown-Forman, amassing a collective wealth that Forbes puts at $11 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Jaf is suspected of being a key player in an Iraqi Kurdish network that has controlled the majority of illegal cross-Channel journeys in recent years.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
Since 2007, Hamas has controlled the Gaza Strip, where it has functioned both as a military force and a de facto government dispensing social services.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026
Denmark has said it won’t give up the lightly populated island in the North Atlantic it has controlled for hundreds of years.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
"He who has controlled his senses and who identifies his self with every being, is not tainted, though he performs actions."
From India, Its Life and Thought by John P. (John Peter) Jones
