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as in exploited
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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as in managed
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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as in negotiated
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
Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
China has manipulated the market by suppressing prices to drive Western competition from the market, said Ryan Castilloux, founder of Adamas Intelligence, a critical mineral market research firm.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
And that won't get manipulated for political reasons and taken out of context.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
The lawsuit further alleges that the airlines manipulated and abused the arrival rate system at DCA airport to force more arrivals per hour, despite knowing that doing so would reduce safety margins.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Once contacted, you are manipulated into granting remote access to your devices or sharing sensitive data.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Is his enthusiasm too easily manipulated by the real schemers?
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Trust the Reader — The old-school thinking was that readers needed to be manipulated.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
Snopes reported that the claim lacked verifiable evidence and that the images were manipulated.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The first one played short caught Newcastle by surprise and manipulated their zonal defenders.
—Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
China has manipulated the market by suppressing prices to drive Western competition from the market, said Ryan Castilloux, founder of Adamas Intelligence, a critical mineral market research firm.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
And that won't get manipulated for political reasons and taken out of context.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
The lawsuit further alleges that the airlines manipulated and abused the arrival rate system at DCA airport to force more arrivals per hour, despite knowing that doing so would reduce safety margins.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Once contacted, you are manipulated into granting remote access to your devices or sharing sensitive data.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Is his enthusiasm too easily manipulated by the real schemers?
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Trust the Reader — The old-school thinking was that readers needed to be manipulated.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
Snopes reported that the claim lacked verifiable evidence and that the images were manipulated.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manipulated
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In March, Google addressed CVE-2025-2783, a sandbox escape bug exploited in espionage attacks against Russian organizations.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Roseman’s answer at the time sidestepped a question about a post-Darius Slay drop-off at CB2 that has since been exploited at times this season, but Mitchell and DeJean’s play has also justified Roseman’s confidence in them.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Liverpool have not managed to string together two or three consecutive good performances.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, 35 rooms at the Civic and other shelters that CoLEAD managed sat empty as of December 2024.—
Ashley Hiruko,
ProPublica,
6 Oct. 2025
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The deal was negotiated by Emily Hayward Whitlock at The Artists Partnership.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
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After years of organizing, production workers on commercials have negotiated their first union contract.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
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According to the Justice Department, Sanberg deceived investors and lenders.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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The lawsuit, filed by the FTC in June 2023 under the Biden administration, claimed that Amazon deceived tens of millions of customers into signing up for its Prime subscription program and sabotaged their attempts to cancel it.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
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The state argued incidents that arose from the ICE facility protests in recent months have been handled by local law enforcement and have not been severe enough to be considered a riot or rebellion.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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Until now, Hiyune handled the initial creation from scratch, but now the two of us also contribute at that stage.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2025
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This is done, the company claims, by using ultra-smooth surfaces made from advanced composite materials engineered for both strength and durability, with minimal surface distortion.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
2 Oct. 2025
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PacBio uses special versions of the four bases that have been engineered to fluoresce in a characteristic color when exposed to ultraviolet light.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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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In March, Google addressed CVE-2025-2783, a sandbox escape bug exploited in espionage attacks against Russian organizations.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Branding decisions will be addressed during the merger process, which is set to conclude in summer 2026, and both schools will continue to run two independent Division 1 athletic programs for the foreseeable future, the universities said.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Manipulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manipulated. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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