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 As was the case for much of the afternoon, Nix maneuvered within the pocket to avoid pressure. — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026 Deftly, Reina maneuvered the tip of the long pin beneath a portion of the soft white hair, and through the other side of the hat. — CBS News, 29 Oct. 2026 Studio executives maneuvered to synergize its top-secret pedigree for maximum impact. — Chris Lee, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026 The possibility that my father had intentionally maneuvered me toward fiction in order to avoid the truth—well, that never occurred to me. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026 After Lonergan exited, Surace maneuvered the Scarlet Knights to field goal range. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 Russia, the United States and China have all maneuvered satellites into close proximity of other nations' hardware in recent years. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2026 For the last three, Corinealdi’s character, Jax, has maneuvered through family and marital stress, thrived against office politics and betrayals, endured a kidnapping, and nearly faced death before pulling through a coma after a near-fatal shooting. — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 12 Oct. 2026 For months, the O’odham had maneuvered to avoid such a scene, taking their case to federal court. — Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2026

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Brand was chaotic, dismissive and manipulated the people around him.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
The company says its investigation has yet to reveal any evidence that any investigation data has been accessed or Chainalysis attribution data has been manipulated.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of manipulated

Verb

The current agreement, which was negotiated and signed toward the end of the Obama administration, is set to expire at the end of fiscal year 2028.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
According to various reports, Joe went out and negotiated a new contract without telling Troy.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of negotiated

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Deckhand Matt may just be the most audacious toe-stepper to debut in this franchise since Alesia, who, in the last season of Down Under, managed to rearrange the interior team according to her own proclivities.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2026
This looming ban — slipped into a sweeping budget bill passed by Congress last year — was set to go into effect this November before a bipartisan coalition of senators managed to punt the deadline by a month, to December 11.

— Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of managed

Verb

Acting on flimsy pretenses, Bianco arranged in February for the seizure of hundreds of thousands of Proposition 50 ballots, questioning the integrity of the election months after the fact.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
It's arranged into an L-shape around a terrace, creating a home designed to embrace indoor/outdoor living.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of arranged

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Pando has since handled more than 57 terabytes of Git packfiles in a single hour.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
Tia, on her end, handled the ambush skillfully, parrying jabs without raising her voice to prevent Wendy from having any opening to feign victimization.

— Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of handled

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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have engineered a harmless virus into a nanoscale delivery platform that could help create personalized cancer vaccines.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
Two weeks after befuddling football fans from Duluth to Daytona Beach, Texas PAC engineered an even more straightforward placement by snapping up a unit in NBC’s Sunday Night Football.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of engineered

Verb

Still, despite the edginess of the film—which is arguably better plotted than the original—Moore isn’t wrong about treacly Hollywood politics sweeping in.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
From there, the wedding was plotted via weekly Zoom meetings with the Matthew Oliver team, particularly their lead planners Bertie and Georgia, while the Turkish team tended to be most comfortable over WhatsApp.

— Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026