In a sentence
Six example sentences with manipulate, each labelled with its topic.
Studies show a confident stranger can manipulate a group into ignoring the obvious answer just by answering first.
Psychology
Regulators fined the trader for trying to manipulate the closing price by dumping shares in the final minute.
Finance
The villain manipulates the mayor through small favors, and by the third act the whole council votes his way.
Movies
The campaign tried to manipulate turnout by mailing false polling hours to neighborhoods that favored its opponent.
Politics
In the deduction game the traitor manipulates the table, seeding doubts about the one player who has guessed correctly.
Gaming
The seller manipulated its ratings by paying strangers for five star reviews of a product they had never opened.
Business
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Found in these word lists
Found in 8 published word lists
- New Academic Word List (Browne/Culligan/Phillips 2013)Authoritative
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- University Word List (Xue & Nation 1984)Authoritative
- Business Word List (part 2)Authoritative
- Medical Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
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