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Recent Examples of manipulative
There are plenty of nods to the game, and the film is set in the same world, with Peter Stormare reprising his role as the mysterious and manipulative psychiatrist, Dr. Hill.
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Richard Newby, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Or, rather, the end of its main character: the misogynistic, manipulative and murderous Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley).
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
While Matty upstairs is suggesting that Julian may have buried evidence and taken a payoff, downstairs Olympia hears a suddenly familiar tale about how Amy’s own seemingly sweet husband turned out to be a manipulative creep.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
Dead Ringers studies identical twins at their most conniving, manipulative, fetishistic, and twisted.
—Barry Levitt, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
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Richard Newby, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Or, rather, the end of its main character: the misogynistic, manipulative and murderous Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley).
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
While Matty upstairs is suggesting that Julian may have buried evidence and taken a payoff, downstairs Olympia hears a suddenly familiar tale about how Amy’s own seemingly sweet husband turned out to be a manipulative creep.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
Dead Ringers studies identical twins at their most conniving, manipulative, fetishistic, and twisted.
—Barry Levitt, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manipulative
Adjective
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In the 1970s, information about the Tuskegee study – a deceptive and unethical 40-year study of untreated syphilis in Black men – came to light.—
Christine Coughlin,
The Conversation,
9 May 2025
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Anyone wanting to fight such usage would have to rely on deceptive practice laws, trademark and copyright protection, and state-specific laws protecting a person's name, image, and likeness.—
Neil J. Rubenking,
PC Magazine,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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Accountability Who signs off on consequences when the AI is wrong or deceitful?—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Meanwhile, mailers sent out by the California Real Estate Independent Expenditure Committee and the Silicon Valley Biz PAC have called Chavez-Lopez deceitful and exploitative of the housing crisis.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Some critics view Sanders' use of private jets and his personal wealth as hypocritical to his overall message.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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However, his lack of empathy towards others, hypocritical antics and blurred sense of reality has not only done him damage but has negatively impacted the whole royal family.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2025
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Davis' growing bond with Quinn is threatened by his ex-wife, who has a devious plan to take down Staten and Cap.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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Wearing a beige leotard and white tutu, with her silky black hair secured in a tight bun, Ito is disarmingly devious in her efforts to seduce Prince Siegfried, played by dancer Lucas Ataide.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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In real life, most would-be Proud Boys don’t have cunning, progressive housemates who will throw away their gun parts.—
Amy Weiss-Meyer,
The Atlantic,
8 May 2025
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Premiering in January 2023, The Traitors has gone on to widespread acclaim, even winning Emmys for Outstanding Reality Competition Program and Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program (Alan Cumming on cunning form).—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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But that jubilation quickly turns into a night of violence when Coop is beaten within an inch of his life by two guys hired by a crooked art gallery owner who put overly aggressive moves on his partner in crime Elena (Aimee Carrero).—
Rosemary Rossi,
Variety,
9 May 2025
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In the new season’s third episode, Charlie helps Beatrix solve the murder of her husband Jeffrey (Richard Kind) by crooked FBI agent Danny (John Mulaney), and in return, Beatrix agrees to call off the hit.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
9 May 2025
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Barry famously shot his free throws underhanded, too, so this was kind of his comfort zone.—
Daniel Brown,
The Athletic,
19 July 2024
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This act, designed to build intrigue for their WrestleMania match, portrayed Cena as underhanded.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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That would be Mark Rylance as Henry’s lord privy seal, Thomas Cromwell, an endlessly fascinating and ambiguous figure—brilliant, scheming, moral—whom Rylance animates with gravity and kaleidoscopic skill.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2025
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The doors that slam, as farcical doors are built to do, open to work spaces, where a good deal of time is spent scheming and counter-scheming.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Manipulative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manipulative. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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