well-controlled
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The FDA rejects Moderna’s application due to an inadequate and not well-controlled trial.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
Asset quality remains solid, with Bank Jago’s cost of credit holding steady at 2.6% over the period on an annualized basis, underscoring well-controlled bad-debt formation and a healthy portfolio.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
The study used a "campus-based research kitchen to bridge the gap between laboratory-based chamber experiments measuring pollution from different cooking methods and less well-controlled testing in domestic kitchens."
From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025
In the experiments the researchers cooked chicken breast using five different methods: pan frying, stir-frying, deep-fat frying, boiling and air-frying, in a well-controlled research kitchen.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2024
After a silence that lasted long his voice came again, drawling, well-controlled, revealing nothing of the emotion which had previously affected him.
From The Trail to Yesterday by Seltzer, Charles Alden
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