Controlling and Lead

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Controlling adjective - Able to control or determine policy.

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Lead and controlling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lead" instead the word "Controlling" as a verb or an adjective.

Lead adjective - Highest in rank or authority.

Usage example: the lead diplomat is responsible for making policy for the entire embassy

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Controlling and lead are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Controlling" instead an adjective "Lead".

Nearby Words: leading, leader, leaden, leadership, leaded

She imagines that overcompetition between linked systems will lead to mass extinction, and so it does... as long as she is directly controlling the action.

Source: Literature / The Golden Oecumene
For most of the game, you're lead to believe that all the problems was the Skull Kid's doing, then you find out that The Mask itself was controlling the Skull Kid.

Source: Walking Spoiler
This can sometimes lead to odd effects like a leader of a pure Capitalist civ directly controlling Corporate executives and dictating the professions of its citizens.

Source: Artistic License Economics

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