manipulates

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Helios, the most advanced quantum computer ever built, manipulates them with lasers to solve complex questions that would take conventional machines centuries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Konan, Mark explains how the 5–4 decision manipulates commonly understood definitions of “miscarriage” and “loss” in order to afford immunity to the U.S.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026

IonQ’s approach manipulates trapped ions with magnets and lasers, which it thinks will prove easier to perfect than the superconductor technologies under development at competitors IBM, Alphabet’s Google and Rigetti.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

The advertising and promotional material “often distorts, exaggerates, and manipulates scientific evidence and rhetoric to sell stem-cell products, therapies, and ideas,” the paper states.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

The ease with which he manipulates words is his greatest talent.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins