Controlling
Controlling adjective - Able to control or determine policy.
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Synonyms for Controlling
Overall and controlling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Overall" instead an adjective "Controlling".
Overall
Overall adjective - Belonging or relating to the whole.
Controlling and overall are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Controlling" instead an adjective "Overall".
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Overall, the entire incident also prompted Central Security to reinforce their stance on controlling everything, furthering the dystopian image Dingo had been painting through the movie.
Source: Anime / Expelled from Paradise - The GM was supposed to take an active hand in controlling access to spells overall.
Source: Exponential Potential -
Confusion reveals that not even the Narrator is safe from railroading, that even though he's controlling Stanley and most of the overall story, even he's not in control in the end.
Source: Video Game / The Stanley Parable
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