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manipulate

[muh-nip-yuh-layt] / məˈnɪp jəˌleɪt /




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Scientists could potentially manipulate individual molecules by "touching them" with an extremely sharp probe.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

They said: "Scammers can easily create convincing false profiles, which are built to use trusted relationships to manipulate people into sending money, bank details or vouchers."

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 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

"Who are we allowing to feed into us and manipulate what media we consume, which bubbles we're in?" she continued.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 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

Have you ever noticed how the soundtrack manipulates your perception?

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 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

Niki just wants them to stop the racket they’re making with their drill, so he quickly manipulates the lock and gets back to tuning.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

Someone who manipulates you and the way you feel doesn’t love you.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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

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

Sensitivity measures how successfully the system identifies manipulated videos, making the particularly high sensitivity important for a screening tool designed to keep fake content from slipping through.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Muller’s experiments demonstrated that heredity could be manipulated quite easily: the mutation rate was itself quite mutable.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Their experiments demonstrate that carefully prepared light can be controlled through its own internal geometry, offering a new approach to manipulating how light spins and twists.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

"I can understand entirely why they did that, but they did not seem to appreciate that uploading and manipulating images of children in this way can carry real privacy and safeguarding risks."

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

Fielder finds himself drawn from behind the camera into the story, struggling to determine whether Holmes and Evans are being candid with him or manipulating him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

After an hour manipulating bumpy winds, she arrived at the Isthmus of Panama.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George


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