- 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
The researchers believe manipulating the surrounding environment of these materials could provide a new way to improve their capabilities and increase efficiency in future electronics.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
By cooling and manipulating these atoms, scientists can entangle them and perform highly precise computations.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Contacted over Discord, Scout denied manipulating markets or trying to swing votes to reach blatantly wrong conclusions.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
The problem was harnessing the power, sustaining it, and manipulating it for an assault on the nucleus.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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