have been manipulating
- present perfect progressive of manipulate.
Example Sentences
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Now, though, the NFL is really mad — especially at the notion that the team might have been manipulating its finances so as not to pay money due the other owners.
From Washington Post ● May 25, 2022
People have been manipulating for their own purposes for nearly 100 years.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 3, 2013
Human beings have been manipulating the biological world for thousands of years without understanding how DNA codes function.”
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2013
For years, scientists have been manipulating genes in animals to make improvements in neural performance, strength and agility, among other augmentations.
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2012
"You know that you have been manipulating the strings of my destiny!" he said, abruptly, and surprised at himself.
From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
