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to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means
the con man would slyly manipulate the emotions of his marks in order to win their sympathy and trust
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to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently
spin doctors manipulating the data to make it seem more favorable to their preferred candidates
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to plan out usually with subtle skill or care
manipulated the schedule of presidential primaries so that the choice of the party elders would win the nomination
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Recent Examples of manipulated
Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
Mazzola, 43, also allegedly participated in an armed robbery to steal a manipulated shuffling machine.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026
The people drawing the lines manipulated the system for partisan advantage.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2026
Ironically then, the state’s efforts to verify the legitimacy of ballots lengthen the count, which then leads to allegations that the count is being manipulated.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
In Andoni Iraola’s man-marking system, Senesi was front-footed and never afraid to follow centre-forwards all over the pitch, which is beneficial to counter pressing but can be manipulated by good teams.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 10 June 2026
That sets these findings apart from other instances where skeletal remains of prehistoric societies were found to be physically manipulated in similar ways.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Benchmaxing, by contrast, is about the structural conditions under which the entire industry evaluates itself—and, the research argues, those conditions are routinely manipulated or ignored.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 June 2026
With enough optimization and intervention, their argument goes, the body can be manipulated into becoming fully knowable, mastered, perfect.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Among their concerns were that images used to demonstrate findings appeared to have been manipulated.
—Christopher O'Donnell, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2026
Adjective
What emerged was a startling portrait of manipulated devotion that culminated in Jeffs' 2006 arrest by the FBI.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
Mazzola, 43, also allegedly participated in an armed robbery to steal a manipulated shuffling machine.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
He’s been manipulated to believe that this is what’s necessary by his sister.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026
The people drawing the lines manipulated the system for partisan advantage.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2026
Ironically then, the state’s efforts to verify the legitimacy of ballots lengthen the count, which then leads to allegations that the count is being manipulated.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
In Andoni Iraola’s man-marking system, Senesi was front-footed and never afraid to follow centre-forwards all over the pitch, which is beneficial to counter pressing but can be manipulated by good teams.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 10 June 2026
That sets these findings apart from other instances where skeletal remains of prehistoric societies were found to be physically manipulated in similar ways.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Benchmaxing, by contrast, is about the structural conditions under which the entire industry evaluates itself—and, the research argues, those conditions are routinely manipulated or ignored.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 June 2026
With enough optimization and intervention, their argument goes, the body can be manipulated into becoming fully knowable, mastered, perfect.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Among their concerns were that images used to demonstrate findings appeared to have been manipulated.
—Christopher O'Donnell, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manipulated
Adjective
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Without much public debate or planning, these semi-engineered levees took on a critical and unintended role.—
Farshid Vahedifard,
The Conversation,
29 Dec. 2025
Verb
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For Black Americans, whose bodies have too often been exploited throughout history, this technology is not merely another digital inconvenience.—
Richard Fowler,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Apple has updated its Beats Studio Buds wireless earbuds to patch a high-severity vulnerability that could be exploited by nearby hackers to eavesdrop on users.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
18 June 2026
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Morocco attempted five shots before Scotland managed its first, which did not come until the 44th minute.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
20 June 2026
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Among those another shot back was Jon Rahm, who missed two good chances Friday morning but still managed a 68 without a bogey on his card.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
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Again, this could be negotiated.—
Chris McKenna,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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Other issues to be negotiated in a final deal, according to the framework, are how to monitor implementation and future compliance.—
Deepa Shivaram,
NPR,
17 June 2026
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The company in 2020 pleaded guilty to distributing adulterated ice-cream products and agreed to pay a fine over the outbreak.—
Dylan Tokar,
WSJ,
2 Feb. 2023
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And while most of those overdoses involved the illicit synthetic opioid fentanyl, experts say that an adulterated and contaminated drug supply is also leading to deaths.—
Nadia Kounang,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2022
Verb
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The problem is, most people feel deceived when the person in front of them doesn't match the profile.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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Do not be deceived by this seemingly simple question.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
3 June 2026
Verb
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Instead, those investigations are handled by an internal group of Air Force specialists tasked with collecting evidence, preserving it and interviewing witnesses.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Officials urge beach safety Breton said firefighters have conducted five rescues along the same mile-long stretch of coastline in the past month, a sharp increase from the six to eight ocean rescues typically handled there in an entire year.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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There was Asher Durand, master of the winsome glade; John Frederick Kensett, poet of still waters; and, above all, Thomas Cole, the philosopher-king of landscape, with whom an 18-year-old Church arranged to study privately.—
Susan Tallman,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
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This meal was arranged like weather.—
Teresa Mull,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
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“Manipulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manipulated. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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