manipulative

As Fielder later confides to Seyfried, “Either this is fully sincere and she actually has no clue about the deal Billy made, or she honestly might be the most manipulative person that’s ever lived.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Cosseted Raymond is a manipulative brat and downtrodden Ben is noble and good, but the rescuers mistakenly believe that Raymond is the true prince.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Looking back, Claire now realises that Sykes, who also died in the fire, had been manipulative and controlling throughout their relationship.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Research shared with AFP by children's advocacy group 5Rights Foundation, found that "manipulative design features" -- like notifications, endless scroll and autoplay -- keep children coming back.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

He gives amazing speeches, writes fantastic op-eds and now newspaper features, spearheads community warmth drives...and he dates a manipulative ditz.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

“Kids should be outside, they should be playing, they should be using manipulatives and tactiles.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026

I could suggest ways of bringing manipulatives to traditional paper and pencil mathematics.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2020

This philosophy--championed most famously by the Swiss developmental psychologist Jean Piaget--explains the near ubiquity of counting rods and beads, known in academic circles as manipulatives, in most grade-school classrooms.

From Time Magazine Archive