manipulate
verb (used with object)
to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner.
are manipulating
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present progressiveof manipulate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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As tech titans invest in cryogenic freezing and stem cell therapies to live forever, my peers are manipulating their faces to deny their own mortality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
It’s not common for a puppeteer to voice the character they are manipulating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
From fabricated data to purchased authorships and paid citations, researchers say organized groups are manipulating the academic publishing system.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026
“There's an ability to somehow excise humanity from the equation that is interesting, where there's no consideration of the people that are manipulating to achieve whatever they want to do,” he observed.
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2023
When people are manipulating you, telling you to buy this perfume and you’ll be beautiful, or this pair of jeans and you’ll be sexy—and you believe them!
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
