manipulate
verb (used with object)
to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner.
will manipulate
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future tenseof manipulate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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She tells me she is bringing a very different energy to this character as she's "lively, loud and very sneaky. She will manipulate anyone to get what she wants".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2025
Some autism researchers fear that the effort will manipulate data to blame the condition on vaccines.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2025
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence stands out in the quest to find life elsewhere because it assumes that certain kinds of life will manipulate and exploit its environment with intention.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 2, 2021
If I tell my niece or anyone about the money it will get back to my sister and she will manipulate my niece right out of her tuition.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2016
“I think,” I say, “that Jeanine Matthews will manipulate him. And that he will do anything to protect his faction, even if it means sacrificing the Divergent.”
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
