manipulate
verb (used with object)
to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner.
had manipulated
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past perfectof manipulate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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They also allege that the YouTuber had manipulated screenshots of text messages sent from the actress's phone to make it look like she had been texting Kim Soo-hyun.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Marriott also argued the states had manipulated industry data to overstate its market share, excluding hundreds of arenas and amphitheaters from the calculation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Last year Kyndryl was targeted by short seller Gotham City, which alleged the company had manipulated certain financial metrics.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
That hospital told The Times that it believed that one of its doctors had manipulated records to make some of his own patients ineligible to receive new livers.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
Paul Blofis came over, but that was okay because Chiron had manipulated the Mist to convince everyone at Goode High School that I had nothing to do with the band room explosion.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
