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manipulation

[ muh-nip-yuh-ley-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of manipulating.
  2. the state or fact of being manipulated.
  3. skillful or artful management.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of manipulation1

First recorded in 1720–30; from French, equivalent to manipule “handful” ( maniple ) + -ation -ation

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Example Sentences

The company has a bad track record of being used as a tool of misinformation and manipulation when it comes to elections.

Misinformation and manipulation get confused with official campaign messaging, while campaigns can skirt accountability by distancing themselves from more controversial groups with parallel messages.

Loretta Lynch, a former president of the commission, raised the possibility that electricity sellers are engaging in the sort of market manipulation that led to the California electricity crisis in the early 2000s.

At a recent congressional antitrust hearing in the United States, four major platform companies publicly recognized the use of surveillance technologies, market manipulation, and forceful acquisitions to dominate the data economy.

This subprime manipulation contributed mightily to what became the global financial crisis.

I asked Christian publisher Crossway Books for their assessment of the manipulation of the best-seller lists.

The manipulation of fear about things that won't kill us, is killing us.

At the same time, Private Violence shows how much of domestic abuse is about control and manipulation rather than sheer brutality.

The slides they present are filled with inconsistencies and data manipulation.

To be clear, these numbers are exactly what each organization reported without manipulation or modification.

The manipulation of the mouth and lip to produce the tone desired is called voicing and calls for considerable artistic skill.

Nor is the state title affected by any manipulation of the land above the surface of the water.

The young man's consent and the magnetic manipulation of a competent physician are sufficient for the transmigration.

The several processes of swearing would seem however to supply the readiest hall-mark, and are rather of an easier manipulation.

Continuing the manipulation, he would have the patient take deep breaths and try to cough.

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