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manipulate

[muh-nip-yuh-layt] / məˈnɪp jəˌleɪt /




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"Who are we allowing to feed into us and manipulate what media we consume, which bubbles we're in?" she continued.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

"I'm more able to feel like trying to have integrity and not manipulate and be ruthless."

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

In an earlier study, the researchers showed that they could directly manipulate vacuum fluctuations by using a magnetic field to reversibly switch the Casimir force between attraction and repulsion.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

The speed and force violently shook the airframe, formed shock waves along with wings and sent ripples along the components used to control direction and manipulate speed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Do not reveal information about things to come, especially if NTIs have a reasonable ability to manipulate said events.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Amazing the way he's gifted with the ball, the way he manipulates the ball, and also the way he's able to think for himself.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

In an interview with the Shade Room last year, Knight’s son, Shanga Hankerson, claimed McDowell pushed the singer into performing and manipulates her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

He manipulates the physical form of the ingredient to showcase different temperatures and textures: souffle, cream, biscuit, foam, and air.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

She’s showing us exactly how the majority manipulates the text until it gets where it wants to go.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

A writer, like a cinematographer, manipulates the viewer’s perspective on an ongoing story, with the verbal equivalent of camera angles and quick cuts. the marital, the medical, and sometimes both at once.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Gibney says he doesn’t believe Musk manipulated votes, but the sequence leaves open what, if anything, lay behind his apparent early certainty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

For example, one Georgia ad included the disclaimer, “This video has been manipulated or generated with artificial intelligence,” while an Oklahoma ad said, “Political satire. AI-generated images do not depict actual events.”

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026

In other words, only a very small fraction of manipulated videos were incorrectly classified as authentic.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

“But you pick up that phone because you’re reacting in that heightened emotional state,” and that raises your risk of being manipulated.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

At least she wasn’t the only one being manipulated.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

That is where I try to land at the end: We’re not going to solve this problem by manipulating the chatbots.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

Fielder finds himself drawn from behind the camera into the story, struggling to determine whether Holmes and Evans are being candid with him or manipulating him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

The Public Sentiment Institute issued a statement to the Hill newspaper that accepted responsibility for “disclosure failure” and “methodological error” but denied deliberately manipulating polling data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

It also prevents sides from manipulating the cap.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

When people are manipulating you, telling you to buy this perfume and you’ll be beautiful, or this pair of jeans and you’ll be sexy—and you believe them!

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom




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