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manipulate

Definition for manipulate

verb as in maneuver, handle physically

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employ, shape, wield

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feel, finger, form, manage, mold, operate, ply, swing, thumb, use, work

verb as in change to suit one's desire

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Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa told Hindustan Times that air quality data is publicly available and that water was sprinkled near air quality monitors only to reduce dust, not to manipulate readings.

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The wife of Ali Bongo, whose family ruled the central African country with an iron fist for 55 years, had been accused of manipulating her husband to embezzle taxpayers' money.

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Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips said the measures would also "mean legitimate AI tools cannot be manipulated into creating vile material and more children will be protected from predators as a result".

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"Why is Volkswagen not doing this in Frankfurt or New York? Because they feel people here are easier to manipulate," he added.

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"Within the CCM, she resorted to a Magufuli script of manipulating the party, centralising power and creating a cabal of trusted loyalists as the new fulcrum of power," said Prof Kagwanja.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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