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manipulation

[muh-nip-yuh-lay-shuhn] / məˌnɪp jəˈleɪ ʃən /


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Mr. Sorkin’s writing can certainly be baldly manipulative, but in the movie at least the manipulation is effective.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Most importantly, it’s very well regulated by my former agency and relatively free of fraud and manipulation.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

He is governing and loathsome, with a knack for manipulation that merely foreshadows what audiences witness in the film’s second half.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

The prosecutor must show that some kind of human intent arises in laws prohibiting fraud, money-laundering, market manipulation, price-fixing, tax crimes, bribery and certain environmental crimes, to give a few examples.

From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026

Colonel Korn was the lawyer, and if Colonel Korn assured him that fraud, extortion, currency manipulation, embezzlement, income tax evasion and black-market speculations were legal, Colonel Cathcart was in no position to disagree with him.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

The figure shows that over 80% of hourly workers and 30% of salaried workers could benefit from the manipulations.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

Whatever subtle manipulations the producers employed to move him into the next desired position, they have backed the right horse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026

Teacher and performer, he revealed the works of Nature to a genteel audience amid the sensory manipulations of the theater.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026

In addition to exploring dietary and microbiome manipulations that could help with liver cancer, the team is curious to see if other conditions could be treated by targeting BAAT.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2025

The rules are different for the complicated, coordinated, fantastically skilled manipulations we perform with our insides.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas


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