manipulation

noun

as in engineering

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Recent Examples of manipulation Elections were still routinely held, largely free from undue burdens or autocratic manipulation. — Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026 Early in the first episode, viewers see Sean Combs discussing the importance of media strategy and saying his team needs someone who understands propaganda and media manipulation. — Krystie Lee Yandoli, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026 Digit v5 will offer 20-hour operational days and flexible manipulation through standardized, eventually self-swapping, end-effectors. — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Kalshi’s terms of service and exchange rules prohibit market manipulation and insider trading. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026 That scarcity mindset extends well beyond the romance, as the film’s various supporting characters broadly accept corporate manipulation and government overreach as unavoidable conditions of life. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Aug. 2026 Sometimes the harder question is what to do when your co-parent’s behavior — the volatility, the manipulation, the refusal to put the children first — is the actual threat. — Melissa Needle, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026 But according to Mullin’s daughter, Eve Mullin Collier, the manipulation didn’t sit well with her father. — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Aug. 2026 The Diplomat has expanded its scope to explore intimate stories of power and manipulation within its high-stakes political world. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 1 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manipulation
  1. engineering
  2. management
  3. handling
  4. control
  5. operation
  6. administration
  7. government
  8. machination
Noun
  • The project now moves into a phase where engineering, construction and workforce development will carry as much importance as diplomacy.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Rafael Camilo Gutiérrez Melgarejo, a structural engineering professor at Florida International University, said roughly 60% of construction in Colombia is informal.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of engineering
Noun
  • Emergency management is warning people in the area to expect smoke and traffic delays.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The package includes communications, electrical power, and thermal management systems.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of management
Noun
  • In fact, as speaker, Welch has rebooted a lot of what was wrong with Madigan’s handling of the office.
    — David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The company envisions Vox handling dictation while MouthPad handles cursor control.
    — Jesse Watson , Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of handling
Noun
  • Temperature control requires some attention, as the trailers can heat up quickly in direct sunlight and cool dramatically after dark.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Virna Jandiroba just took her down nine times and didn’t do much with that top control.
    — Brett Appley, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of control
Noun
  • In Minneapolis and New Orleans, CNN found once-bustling shops and restaurants growing quiet during federal immigration operations as some immigrants avoided work and parents kept children home from school.
    — Maria Santana, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The operation drove more than 700,000 Rohingya across the border into Bangladesh, joining hundreds of thousands of others already living there for decades in the wake of waves of previous violence perpetrated by Myanmar’s military.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of operation
Noun
  • Fazio said his administration would look closely into key positions that necessitate work be performed in-office and on-site, such as social workers responsible for monitoring child abuse cases.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Republican allies in Congress are busy trying to pass legislation that will formally repeal the CTA, thus preventing any future administration from restarting the database.
    — Casey Michel, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of administration
Noun
  • Africa's most populous country will hold the election against a backdrop of worsening economic and security crises that have caused anger among voters against Tinubu's government.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Firms in the Program can propose but do not select their own targets, and require a federal contract and written government approval to operate.
    — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of government
Noun
  • Extrapolating from salacious and rumor-filled ancient sources, the novel offers an inside scoop into the machinations of the first Roman imperial family.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
  • That the strategic ploy of publicly confirming her brother’s unconfirmable death might require additional machinations?
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of machination

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