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manipulate

[muh-nip-yuh-layt] / məˈnɪp jəˌleɪt /




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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Artex allows users to manipulate powerful large language models developed by companies such as Anthropic and China’s DeepSeek to look for internet bugs around the clock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

By combining their ultra-clean surface technique with powerful microscopy methods, the researchers hope to manipulate individual quantum emitters with precision measured in billionths of a meter.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Thus, when his mother started reading child psychology books to better understand a young Del Toro, he read them as well, so that he could try to manipulate her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Encoded in that molecule were the loci of human perfectibility and vulnerability: once we learned to manipulate this chemical, we would rewrite our nature.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

He added: "We will see if there has been fraud or if some documents have been manipulated."

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 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

The researchers designed the optical AI system to serve as a high-throughput, attack-resilient first layer of defense for screening large amounts of manipulated and AI-generated video.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Because who you like can’t be forced or persuaded or manipulated.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

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 Court of Appeal has quashed the conviction of Christian Bittar, a former Deutsche Bank trader who went to prison in 2018 for "manipulating" the benchmark interest rate, Euribor.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

That is where I try to land at the end: We’re not going to solve this problem by manipulating the chatbots.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

The commission, along with more than 20 states, alleged the e-commerce giant reaped billions by manipulating ad prices on its retail platform.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

By manipulating the two pegs and the tension on the wire between them, he could obviously hear a response to his own message.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman


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