manipulate
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It took a long time for me, eventually, to get to a place where I could study and learn how to harness it, learn how to use it, to manipulate it.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
"You could also imagine finding some of the molecular players that are involved in filopodia and trying to manipulate some of those things to try to restore flexible memory as we age."
From Science Daily • May 6, 2026
Computers that manipulate people by drawing on human tendencies already exist.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
But like his predecessor in the ’70s, Powell has declined to manipulate interest rates at the president’s whims.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026
You must learn to manipulate them, for your own good.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing manipulate
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