MANEUVERED Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

maneuvered

verb

past tense of maneuver

as in manipulated

to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently maneuvered the conversation so as to avoid the touchy subject of her divorce

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as in negotiated

to plan out usually with subtle skill or care successfully maneuvered a way to get him to ask her to the dance

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Recent Examples of maneuvered Unlike conventional Gerberas, these drones briefly entered Ukrainian airspace, maneuvered within the country, and then returned to Russia rather than conducting one-way strikes. — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 His costar, podcaster Stavros Halkias, maneuvered through the crowd in a salmon pink leisure suit. — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 July 2026 But according to Ainsworth, who will soon fight for a different fantasy kingdom in the live-action adaptation of The Legend of Zelda, Daeron won’t be so easily maneuvered around the board. — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 27 July 2026 More than three dozen candidates were killed in the run-up to the 2024 national election, and hundreds more dropped out of the race, as crime groups maneuvered to install their allies. — Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 25 July 2026 Once inside, the filing claims, Obumseli maneuvered around Clenney, reached for the key-fob reader and appeared to put her in a headlock while trying to activate the elevator and gain access to the apartment. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026 Fox execs, it has been reported, feel NBCU has maneuvered around the restrictions and has an unfair route to viewers through Peacock, an English-language service where Telemundo programming airs. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 15 July 2026 The semi-truck driver tried to change lanes to avoid the Jeep, but Tran maneuvered the car in front of the truck a third time and brake-checked him again. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 At one party meeting after another, Humphrey and others—including Eugene McCarthy, Walter Mondale, Don Fraser, and Orville Freeman—maneuvered to regain control over the party’s power centers. — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

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The lawsuit also alleges that Penske and Boehly manipulated and misused California’s nonprofit laws.

— Andrew Dalton, Fortune, 29 July 2026
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has reported that AI training data and inputs are being manipulated and warned that attackers could influence model behavior by corrupting the information AI systems rely upon.

— Syed Ali, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of manipulated

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The deal was negotiated between Sony Pictures Classics and CAA Media Finance on behalf of the filmmakers, with The Veterans overseeing international rights.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 July 2026
One hearing in January 2025 involved a plea agreement calling for a 60-day sentence negotiated between prosecutors and defense attorneys.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026

Definition of negotiated

Verb

Defense attorney Marilyn Bednarski said Burke’s mother, Colleen Burke, managed most of the company’s financial decisions.

— Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 22 July 2026
The Japanese international moved to Birmingham last summer for around €9 million, but managed just one goal in 28 appearances in the English Championship.

— Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of managed

Verb

The detail arranged the traffic stop on the other side of the island, in front of the Lihue post office, under the assumption that Brun would surrender peacefully in such a public location.

— Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026
After the living room, Birdie wandered to the dining room, where she was cast into an underwater light, the sun sifting through the plants arranged by the long window.

— Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of arranged

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The Strait of Hormuz — which handled around one-fifth of global oil supply before the war — has seen traffic drop to a trickle with sporadic increase in ship transits on positive headlines.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
What expressiveness in the robot changed in participants was how their brains handled the moment.

— Yigit Topoglu, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of handled

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Initially, the move signaled a lost season, but the team has since engineered a remarkable midseason turnaround, now firmly back in the American League playoff race.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Four traffic lanes in one structure The team then engineered four different versions of this honeycomb structure.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of engineered

Verb

Over the weekend, Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, reaffirmed the country’s support for Hezbollah in a letter addressed to its leader Naim Qassem.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Democrats were right to insist that those concerns be addressed, and over the course of these negotiations, Republicans and the White House acepted ethics provisions that would have been unthinkable only months ago.

— Anthony Scaramucci, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of addressed

Verb

During the Cold War, as futurists on both sides of the Iron Curtain plotted to control the direction of history, another group coalesced around a more modest idea.

— Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
For the celebration itself, Jess and Nasko plotted a week of activities bouncing off (American) Labor Day weekend.

— Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026