Controlling
Controlling adjective - Able to control or determine policy.
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Maintaining and controlling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Maintaining" instead an adjective "Controlling".
Maintaining
Controlling and maintaining are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Controlling" instead an adjective "Maintaining".
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Their exact powers vary from game to game, but they're usually the main Cosmic Keystones of the world, maintaining and controlling the four elements.
Source: Power Crystal -
The game also has a secret project, "The Self-Aware Colony", which reduces the costs of maintaining and controlling your cities by turning them into Genius Loci.
Source: Genius Loci - Secret Legacy: Gleb has one, connected to the metaphysical mechanics of controlling and maintaining Tranquilium, and so also to the legacy of the Atlanteans who made it in the first place and created this semi-hereditary position.
Source: Literature / Tranquilium
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