- present participle of manipulate.
manipulating
Example Sentences
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Instead, the black shiny faceless Phantom robot is engaged in "free play", manipulating a bunch of coloured kids blocks.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Enron and others made the problem far worse by manipulating the market.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
By cooling and manipulating these atoms, scientists can entangle them and perform highly precise computations.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
"We would like to close that gap in the future," Kirkwood says, adding that the results suggest manipulating TTP may eventually benefit humans and other animals.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
After an hour manipulating bumpy winds, she arrived at the Isthmus of Panama.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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