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as in exploited
to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means
the con man would slyly manipulate the emotions of his marks in order to win their sympathy and trust
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as in managed
to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently
spin doctors manipulating the data to make it seem more favorable to their preferred candidates
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to plan out usually with subtle skill or care
manipulated the schedule of presidential primaries so that the choice of the party elders would win the nomination
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Recent Examples of manipulated
Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
Mazzola, 43, also allegedly participated in an armed robbery to steal a manipulated shuffling machine.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
This person set him up and was manipulated in many ways.
—Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
As the night went on, Wembanyama figured out the Thunder’s vaunted defense and continuously manipulated the shape of the game.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 31 May 2026
Prosecutors argued that Vallow Daybell manipulated her late brother into helping Chad Daybell, who has been sentenced to death in Idaho, carry out the crimes.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 31 May 2026
The error suppression comprises a set of techniques that reduce the likelihood of hardware error while quantum bits are being manipulated or used for memory storage.
—Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
How easily we could be manipulated.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 25 May 2026
But online, those signals can be easily manipulated.
—William Jones, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
My son is being controlled and manipulated.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
Adjective
What emerged was a startling portrait of manipulated devotion that culminated in Jeffs' 2006 arrest by the FBI.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
Mazzola, 43, also allegedly participated in an armed robbery to steal a manipulated shuffling machine.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
But Cepeda and Petro on Sunday night sowed doubt in the result and claimed — so far without evidence — that hundreds of thousands of votes were manipulated and that foreign actors interfered with the result.
—Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
This person set him up and was manipulated in many ways.
—Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
As the night went on, Wembanyama figured out the Thunder’s vaunted defense and continuously manipulated the shape of the game.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 31 May 2026
Prosecutors argued that Vallow Daybell manipulated her late brother into helping Chad Daybell, who has been sentenced to death in Idaho, carry out the crimes.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 31 May 2026
The error suppression comprises a set of techniques that reduce the likelihood of hardware error while quantum bits are being manipulated or used for memory storage.
—Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
How easily we could be manipulated.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 25 May 2026
But online, those signals can be easily manipulated.
—William Jones, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
My son is being controlled and manipulated.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manipulated
Adjective
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Without much public debate or planning, these semi-engineered levees took on a critical and unintended role.—
Farshid Vahedifard,
The Conversation,
29 Dec. 2025
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This must include continuous exposure management, identity context, telemetry correlation, human-in-the-loop controls and the ability to validate and simulate adversary paths before they are exploited.—
Tom Kellermann,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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On top of this, one of the best methods for destabilising a block is to use runners in behind to drag defenders around and open space that can be exploited by other players.—
Jon Mackenzie,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Any improvements to the crappie house and boat slips would have to be managed by Plyler, Spicer said.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2026
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But this divide cannot be managed if it’s not measured.—
Matt Rosenbaum,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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The United States wanted an end to the Iranian ballistic-missile program, something that was not covered by the Iranian treaty that the Obama administration negotiated a decade ago.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
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Working with the council’s leadership, Bass negotiated an expensive pay package with the city’s police union, hiking starting salaries while offering raises and retention bonuses.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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The company in 2020 pleaded guilty to distributing adulterated ice-cream products and agreed to pay a fine over the outbreak.—
Dylan Tokar,
WSJ,
2 Feb. 2023
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And while most of those overdoses involved the illicit synthetic opioid fentanyl, experts say that an adulterated and contaminated drug supply is also leading to deaths.—
Nadia Kounang,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2022
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When both technology and human judgment can be deceived at the point of execution, defense must shift upstream into design, process and governance.—
Steve Piper,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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The indictment alleges that the group, which is best known for its work to oppose the Ku Klux Klan, lied to donors about paying confidential informants to infiltrate hate groups and deceived banks about the bank accounts used to make those payments.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
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According to the county’s trauma dashboard, local hospitals handled 1,633 motor vehicle injuries in 2024.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Soursop is a delicate fruit, so it should be handled with care.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
28 May 2026
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Decisions also have to be made quickly, and the logistics for sending power from one company have to be arranged before the blackout begins.—
Sufan Jiang,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
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Over email, van der Sloot arranged to provide the Holloway family with information about Natalee in exchange for $250,000.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
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“Manipulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manipulated. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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