controller

noun

con·trol·ler kən-ˈtrō-lər

ˈkän-ˌtrō-

Synonyms of controller next

: comptroller sense 1

: comptroller sense 2

: the chief accounting officer of a business enterprise or an institution (such as a college)

: one that controls or has power or authority to control

air traffic controller

: control sense 3a

controllership

kən-ˈtrō-lər-ˌship

ˈkän-ˌtrō-

noun

Examples of controller in a Sentence

the controllers for the video game system seem fairly well designed

Recent Examples on the Web The second jet's would be off to prevent extra noise from interfering with the approach controller. —

Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2023 Fortnite players who make unwanted purchases in the popular online video game can now do more than mash their controllers in anger. —

Alain Sherter, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2023 While not much of a discount, the Nintendo Joy-Con controllers (both left and right) in the newer pastel purple and pastel green colors are $72.76 ($7.23 off) at Amazon when added to your cart. —

Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2023 With few places to pull over, each face-to-face encounter with an arriving vehicle loaded with aid required much ginger maneuvering and many impromptu traffic controllers. —

Catherine Porter, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023 After months of collecting enough images of the tracks, Davis students categorized them into groups—train or no train, day or night—using PlayStation controllers. —

Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023 But in that failure is also a bond – a bond that connects people through game controllers and over oceans. —

Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2023 Of the country’s 313 facilities nationwide, only three had enough people to meet the staffing targets recommended by the FAA and the union representing the controllers. —

Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2023 Roughly 94% of them were notices that give tenants three days, not including weekends or court holidays, to pay any outstanding rent, fix other issues or move out, according to an analysis by the controller’s office; 96% were issued for nonpayment of rent. —

Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023 See More

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