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Definition of "state-controlled" [state-controlled]

  • Subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "state-controlled" in a sentence
  • "PARIS—Shares in French state-controlled power giant Électricité de France SA jumped after the French government set the price under which EDF is required to sell a quarter of its nuclear output to competitors at a higher level than sought by competitors."
  • "Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- D.E. Shaw & Co., the $21 billion hedge-fund firm, is in advanced talks to buy a stake in Chinese state-controlled investment company Tianjin TEDA International Holding (Group) Co., said three people familiar with the matter."
  • "Koman says the online giant provided names and emails for some 200,000 Iranian Yahoo users to authorities so that those same authorities would "unban" Yahoo on the state-controlled internet."
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