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manipulate

[muh-nip-yuh-layt] / məˈnɪp jəˌleɪt /




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Kalshi said its markets offer unique data distinct from polling, that probabilities do not guarantee outcomes and that efforts to manipulate odds are canceled out by other buyers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

"The next step is to make cloaks that don't just hide and protect, but also actively manipulate heat in useful ways."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Retail trade groups, however, reject the claim that digital tags are designed to manipulate prices to rip off consumers.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Rather than educate users how to use their privacy settings, the judge wrote, Zuckerberg chose to “capitalize on that lack of understanding in order to manipulate users into sharing more of their personal information publicly.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

“That’s because the true purpose of money is to manipulate others and make them feel lesser than you.”

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

Amazing the way he's gifted with the ball, the way he manipulates the ball, and also the way he's able to think for himself.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

In an interview with the Shade Room last year, Knight’s son, Shanga Hankerson, claimed McDowell pushed the singer into performing and manipulates her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

He manipulates the physical form of the ingredient to showcase different temperatures and textures: souffle, cream, biscuit, foam, and air.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

She’s showing us exactly how the majority manipulates the text until it gets where it wants to go.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

“You don’t have to be afraid of him. Some people act like witchery is responsible for everything that happens, when actually witchery only manipulates a small portion.”

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

In its ruling, the panel said Burwood had engaged in a "sustained, calculated course of conduct" and had manipulated the resident for personal gain.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Can Holmes really be who she is, or is she being manipulated?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Stipe: I’m a toughie — I’m not easily manipulated or pushed around.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

For example, one Georgia ad included the disclaimer, “This video has been manipulated or generated with artificial intelligence,” while an Oklahoma ad said, “Political satire. AI-generated images do not depict actual events.”

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026

Now that she had seen the way that glass could be manipulated in Taninli, she knew that the ice was only a cold imitation.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

We still aren’t 100 percent clear on who the people behind Wedgewood are, but they may have wanted to make money by manipulating betting markets on the races they claimed to survey.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

With one eye on her baby in a pushchair, Minae Kamata operates an arcade machine in a Tokyo suburb, manipulating a claw to grab not a stuffed toy but a pack of toilet paper.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

It remains unknown whether TIMP2 produces similar effects in humans or whether manipulating the protein could eventually become an effective treatment.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

The former Deutsche Bank trader was accused of manipulating the Euro Interbank Offered Rate, Libor’s continental cousin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Of course it’s Finnick, who seems to have spent his childhood doing nothing but wielding tridents and manipulating ropes into fancy knots for nets, I guess.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins


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