manipulate
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Solid-state transformers are much lighter than the current version and can manipulate voltage in more sophisticated ways—almost like switching an analog system to digital.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
But my brief also looked at ways employers and employees could manipulate pay to allow more “overtime” hours without a change in actual hours worked.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
Left said it was a farcical claim that an individual trader could manipulate such huge stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
"But they help us manipulate photons very precisely to make them spin -- to twist them- in a specific direction, for example, up or down."
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
I can see he’s thinking that Cardan will be easier to manipulate than Balekin ever would have been.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Vocabulary lists containing manipulate
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