controller
noun
con·trol·ler
kən-ˈtrō-lər 
ˈkän-ˌtrō-
ˈkän-ˌtrō-
1
c
: the chief accounting officer of a business enterprise or an institution (such as a college)
2
b
Examples of controller in a Sentence
the controllers for the video game system seem fairly well designed
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The lawsuit, filed Thursday by the Department of Justice, 29 states and the District of Columbia, draws a picture of a company that has ruthlessly exploited its multiple roles as a dominant concert promoter, dominant owner or controller of concert venues, and dominant ticketing manager.
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In the case of trains, says Welling, railway traffic controllers know not to trust automatic signals during a geomagnetic storm, and will instead take over manually.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
In the case of trains, says Welling, railway traffic controllers know not to trust automatic signals during a geomagnetic storm, and will instead take over manually.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 15 May 2024
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controller
noun
con·trol·ler
kən-ˈtrō-lər
ˈkän-ˌtrō-lər
ˈkän-ˌtrō-lər
1
: the chief accounting officer of a business or institution
2
: a person who controls
an air traffic controller
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controller
noun
con·trol·ler
kən-ˈtrō-lər, ˈkän-ˌtrō-
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