- past tense form of manipulate.
- past participle of manipulate.
manipulated
Example Sentences
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It’s hard to raise the subject of bad actors and scammers without the elderly parent or grandparent feeling like they are in some way easily manipulated.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
But he devotes considerable attention to how Native Americans manipulated and frequently triumphed over colonists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
They can function as qubits, with their quantum states manipulated using carefully controlled laser pulses.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Digital platforms are "at a critical moment," it said, especially "due to the boom in content generated and manipulated with artificial intelligence."
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
He revealed later that he’d manipulated the Russian into a variation that Fischer had studied years before, and for which he had originated a favorable response.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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