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Recent Examples of manipulation
The real manipulation of who gets a vote is in Brooklyn.
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Adam Davis, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
Success will be measured by agreements and judgments that resolve big lawsuits, but also by changes in corporate behavior that leave consumers less vulnerable to manipulation and predation.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
Scamless uses machine learning systems to analyze patterns in communication that may signal manipulation.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 14 May 2026
System 1 is a Vision-Language-Action model that performs low-level manipulation and locomotion at subsecond speeds, generating task-specific action sequences for robot bodies.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026
The fraud was hidden with sham contracts and manipulation of documents.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 14 May 2026
When a young and charismatic actor arrives to study under the fallen master, an intense triangle of manipulation, desire and performance begins to unfold.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 May 2026
What proved most arresting, however, was not the overt provocation of the work, but its manipulation of duration and attention.
—Andrew S. Jacobson, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2026
An odd introduction to a game of manipulation and backstabbing, perhaps, but that is the duality of Survivor.
—Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
Adam Davis, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
Success will be measured by agreements and judgments that resolve big lawsuits, but also by changes in corporate behavior that leave consumers less vulnerable to manipulation and predation.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
Scamless uses machine learning systems to analyze patterns in communication that may signal manipulation.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 14 May 2026
System 1 is a Vision-Language-Action model that performs low-level manipulation and locomotion at subsecond speeds, generating task-specific action sequences for robot bodies.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026
The fraud was hidden with sham contracts and manipulation of documents.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 14 May 2026
When a young and charismatic actor arrives to study under the fallen master, an intense triangle of manipulation, desire and performance begins to unfold.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 May 2026
What proved most arresting, however, was not the overt provocation of the work, but its manipulation of duration and attention.
—Andrew S. Jacobson, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2026
An odd introduction to a game of manipulation and backstabbing, perhaps, but that is the duality of Survivor.
—Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manipulation
Noun
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Intel had the engineering talent, the capital, the market position, and the brand to handle the shift to mobile chips.—
Bryce Hoffman,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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The event included aerial performances, various static displays, and exhibits that focused on history and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), according to the news release.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
17 May 2026
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After the modernising ethos of the Eyraud era, this — the thinking went — was a way of putting football back at the very heart of the club’s management structure.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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This lasted until 2023, when new management company Storey Hotel Management (who also run Nanuku Resort in Fiji and the Ameswell Hotel in California) took over, and the resort has maintained its elegance and quiet luxury.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
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And Spanish voters are preoccupied with a housing crisis, debates over services for migrants, and the government’s handling of natural disasters, including floods in recent years that left hundreds of people dead.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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Better brakes and new rack and pinion steering, instead of a crude recirculating ball setup, also sharpened the car’s handling.—
Howard Walker,
Robb Report,
13 May 2026
Noun
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To take an example that would be potentially devastating to the Republicans, imagine that the Democrats took full control of the state government in Georgia.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Private equity companies would be banned from investing in youth sports teams, leagues, facilities and events under a new federal bill, a move lawmakers say would lower participation costs for families and restore control of a public good to local communities.—
Kenny Jacoby,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
Noun
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They were given sixty days to cease operations and withdraw all international staff.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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The largest portions of school budgets go to instructional costs such as teacher salaries, student services, and school operations, not to central administration.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
Noun
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And so rivals again assailed Becerra’s performance as state attorney general and Health and Human Services secretary in the Biden administration.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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Andrade is used to clashing with the DeSantis administration.—
Gray Rohrer,
Sun Sentinel,
15 May 2026
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Williamsburg would play a prominent role in the American Revolution as the seat of Virginia's government until 1780 (when the capital was changed to Richmond).—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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Elections are due by next year, and Sánchez technically leads a minority government that receives support from regional parties, but a potential right-wing bloc of mainstream and far-right parties could have a clear parliamentary majority, and oust Sánchez’s ruling Socialists.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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While JoAnne recoils from Duncan’s machinations, her son Orson finally bottoms out in the supplement pit of the manosphere.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
17 May 2026
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But the impression throughout is of a complex work of fiction distilled down to broad-strokes plot machinations, to the exclusion of meaningful character insight.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Manipulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manipulation. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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