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- adverb In a
controllable manner.
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Examples
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“These superposition states are a fundamental concept in quantum mechanics, but this is the first time they have been controllably created with light,” Cleland said.
Monday! alphafenris 2009
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In good time, we will present our carefully considered, peer-reviewed woof -- which, it is true, is completely irrelevant to what you are woofing about (since buildings can be and usually are controllably demolished without planes hitting them, as in the case of WTC 7) -- but we feel your woofing and ours are discordant.
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No building could be controllably demolished so quickly, the conspiracy theorists go onto argue, so WTC 7 must have been prepared for demolition long in advance.
Official Conspiracy Theorists Suckered a Gullible Michael Shermer 2008
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Some of the reset times had to be able to respond in 20 seconds and would controllably effect the desired result.
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One of the resets had to respond at 360 seconds to controllably effect the result.
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Life has controllably frightened me for as long as I can remember, and I no longer have that fear haunting me.
missxjackie Diary Entry missxjackie 2007
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They bring about, abundantly and controllably, a variability in life which has hitherto been caused only with comparative rarity by cosmic radiations.
The Shape of Things to Come Herbert George 2006
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We present a design concept for a spacecraft that can controllably alter the trajectory of an Earth-threatening asteroid by using gravity as a towline.
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We present a design concept for a spacecraft that can controllably alter the trajectory of an Earth-threatening asteroid by using gravity as a towline.
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This technique surrounds the subject or sample in a strong and controllably oriented magnetic field.
Terri Schiavo news 2005
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