maneuver
noun
a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
maneuvers
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pluralof maneuver.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof maneuver (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
maneuvernouna planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
Example Sentences
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These maneuvers are intended to test technologies that could eventually be used for in-space satellite servicing, including future missions in which one spacecraft approaches and works near another.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
Scientists track pieces that are about softball-sized or larger using radar, and SpaceX maneuvers its satellites around them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
As for maneuvers that make rollovers into a plan useful, three are common.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Some financial analysts compared Bessent’s maneuvers to “rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic”—which probably isn’t an analogy he’d prefer to see!
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
On the first day of November the Second Division left Wellington, presumably on maneuvers at Hawke Bay again, but ending up instead at Noumea on the French island of New Caledonia.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
