manipulation

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Noun
  • First revealed by French President Emmanuel Macron’s administration at the 2025 Choose France Summit, it will be supported by national, regional and European Union incentives as well as by engineering partners including Worley, GEA and Andritz.
    Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
  • Because of engineering challenges as well as diplomatic ones, this is the first time P-band radar has been used in orbital Earth observations—the P-band radio frequency is typically reserved for American and European missile-detection systems.
    Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • Girls may, for example, struggle with time management, daydreaming or being a chatterbox and are more likely to be diagnosed with the primarily inattentive type of ADHD over the hyperactive type.
    Daliah Singer, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2025
  • Emotional intelligence and the soft skills necessary to inspire hope are often seen as part of culture or talent management, rather than leveraged as strategic assets.
    Camille Nicita, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Several after-action reports from the massive protests in 2020 found glaring problems in the department’s handling of the demonstrations, concluding that poor planning, inadequate training and inconsistent leadership within the department contributed to disorder in the streets.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
  • Instead of making plans on the fly as the fire burned, agencies had already planned out specifics for the smooth handling of communications, evacuation plans and resources that would need to be called in.
    Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • As air boss of the USS Midway, Jumper guided scores of evacuation helicopters onto the aircraft carrier’s deck during a chaotic, hair-raising 30-hour period in April 1975, as North Vietnamese forces were taking control of Saigon.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
  • Nothing The best wireless earbuds for most people, Nothing's Ear (a) (8/10, WIRED Recommends) sound and look great, and have decent noise cancellation, good battery life, and great touch controls.
    Simon Hill, Wired News, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Traditional sectors such as construction and real estate stand to benefit from the growing demand for data centers, while advancements in energy generation, storage and cooling technologies will be essential to support their operation.
    Evan Renov, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Cohen was ideally positioned to provide credibility for the administration’s operation.
    Time, Time, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • India is hopeful of reaching a trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration very soon, Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told Newsweek in an interview.
    Jennifer Cunningham, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
  • That’s how tariffs played out under the trade war during Trump’s first administration, according to one paper.
    Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • The Yemeni Coast Guard, which is loyal to the exiled government, has engaged in a firefight with at least one vessel in the Red Sea in the past as well.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 July 2025
  • The president claims that the debt projections are wrong, and that accelerated economic growth will compensate for the government’s loss of revenue.
    Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • Dell, meanwhile, loses her chance at knowing who killed her mother, due to the sheriff’s machinations.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025
  • But the machinations for the Heat assuredly are ongoing.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2025
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“Manipulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manipulation. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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