Example Sentences

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Sure, e-commerce is manipulating me into buying stuff.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023

However, Broadbent says, if the game were woven into a program, monitoring it could confirm that the quantum computer is manipulating entangled states as it should.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 20, 2022

It has broad discretion to determine if a country is manipulating the exchange rate between its currency and the dollar to gain a competitive advantage in international trade.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2022

One thing I don't miss is manipulating a crappy TV antenna and forgetting to program the VCR.

From Salon • May 27, 2022

He must adjust himself to them in the same way that he must, if he is a blacksmith, adjust himself to the technical qualities of the iron he is manipulating.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.