manipulate
verb (used with object)
to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner.
have manipulated
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present perfectof manipulate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The suspect is believed to have manipulated the site's payment system, altering the validation process of an electronic payment platform so that bookings appeared fully paid.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Earlier this month, the NRA suspended its review to restart nuclear reactors at Chubu Electric's Hamaoka plant in central Japan, after the company was found to have manipulated quake data in its tests.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
They have manipulated gene activity with exquisite precision, examining the functions of individual genes in specific brain regions.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 13, 2023
Now, researchers at Harvard University have manipulated one material’s underlying structure to make a hydrogel that is both stretchy and tough.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 2, 2021
Other poets have manipulated a great variety of metres and forms; but few have studied the forms and metres which they use so carefully as has Pound.
From Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry by T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot
