manipulation

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Noun
  • So, after the Australian wing break, Coutts and his design and engineering teams were faced with little choice other than to go back to the drawing board and beef up the wingsails sufficiently to be ready for New York in early June.
    Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • Filed at the state court in New York in late April, the lawsuit also names architecture and engineering companies involved in the project.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Which is already more than can be said for Rockies management right about now.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 May 2025
  • Indeed, many do function as autonomous sets of creative teams, with little formal management to hinder their progress.
    Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • Hours before he was announced as the sole finalist for the University of Florida’s top job last Sunday, Ono was booed during a commencement address in Ann Arbor over his handling of campus protests.
    Ian Hodgson, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2025
  • Sixty percent of adults disapprove of Trump's handling of issues related to colleges and universities, the poll results found, with Democrats and independents substantially more displeased with the policies.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • By pinpointing high-privilege users and monitoring data-sharing behaviors, Reco assists CISOs in implementing stricter access controls.
    Maria Williams, USA Today, 13 May 2025
  • This underscores that communication in abusive relationships can escalate the situation, particularly when the core issue is power and control, not miscommunication.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • On a remote asteroid mining operation, a grieving Mechanist gets a new companion and has a chance to avenge herself against the Shaper assassin who killed her husband.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • During one surveillance operation in February 2024, authorities conducted a stop on a Nissan Maxima Christian was in while it was parked outside a bank.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • Further blurring the picture: the Trump administration announced a 90-day pause on the highest import fees for dozens of countries in early April and a similar truce with China on Monday that allows the two sides negotiate further.
    Paul Davidson, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • Martin did not specify which pardons were under review, but his remarks suggest the Trump administration could challenge or investigate the legality of some of Biden’s final clemency decisions before leaving office in January.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Moody’s Ratings said problematic debt levels far outpacing government revenue led to the downgrade.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
  • In addition, just over half of respondents (53%) think state government should reallocate existing funds and revenue sources to support public transportation.
    Jack Lavin, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • But, as stated above with any Kevin Durant possibilities, pick prudence certainly does have to be part of any Heat transaction machinations going forward.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025
  • Now, because of all of these CBA machinations, with the repeater tax, first apron, second apron and penalties that come with it, there’s a different thought process.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025
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“Manipulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manipulation. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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