manipulate

Example Sentences

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Frictionless design has helped usher in technologies that manipulate behavior in ways that aren’t always visible to us.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

She has daily interactions with humans and access to a variety of objects she can manipulate.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

Slovenian officials blame the secretive Israeli firm Black Cube for trying to manipulate Sunday’s vote in Slovenia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

But Tehran has previously rejected claims that it had been in contact with the US, calling it an attempt to manipulate markets.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

“I think,” I say, “that Jeanine Matthews will manipulate him. And that he will do anything to protect his faction, even if it means sacrificing the Divergent.”

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth