manipulation

noun

Definition of manipulationnext
as in engineering

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  1. engineering
  2. management
  3. handling
  4. control
  5. operation
  6. administration
  7. government
  8. machination
Noun
  • Hoshi leads Steve Blount, a trustee for the North Orange Community College District. Buena Park School District Aerospace engineering manager Michael Jensen is leading the Area 3 race with 56.23% of the vote.
    Alexcia Negrete, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Sana continues to focus on developing its ex vivo and in vivo cell engineering platforms and advancing its pipeline of product candidates.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of engineering
Noun
  • Ultimately, the environmental benefit allowed Caltrain to receive a waiver by the air quality management district to keep the locomotives in operation.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
  • But Osborne, 38, whose experience includes several years of house-flipping and short-term rental management, thought on it some more.
    Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of management
Noun
  • What happened Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans worldwide, resigned Tuesday amid intense pressure over his handling of a notorious child abuser.
    Rafi Schwartz, theweek, 13 Nov. 2024
  • There will be much to discuss about the film’s handling of trans issues.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of handling
Noun
  • In this film’s world, humans and dogs share control as rulers of the earth.
    Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Trump has promised to carry out the country’s largest-ever deportation operation, extend tax breaks, punish his political enemies, seize control of the federal government’s most powerful tools and reshape the U.S. economy.
    Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of control
Noun
  • When Israel killed Mughniyeh in 2008, Iranian Revolutionary Guard advisers became more involved in Hezbollah’s day-to-day operations.
    Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
  • The incident was declared under control at 1:04 p.m. Fire officials advised residents and travelers to avoid the area between Foothill Boulevard and East 19th Street along 24th Avenue due to ongoing emergency response operations.
    Ryan Macasero, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
Definition of operation
Noun
  • Not all government support for EVs is likely to vanish in Trump’s next administration.
    CNN.com, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • But since last year, the Biden administration has taken steps to improve communication and cooperation with Beijing, which is one of Washington’s largest trading partners but is also seen as its main long-term strategic adversary.
    Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of administration
Noun
  • The filing discusses the company's dependence on government subsidies, the need for external financing, and plans for long-term investment in growth, including a new manufacturing facility in Osceola, Arkansas.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • While all the details of the new pricing structure were not immediately disclosed, NBC News reported in March that government vehicles would likely get full exemptions.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of government
Noun
  • The decision fell to the House of Representatives, where a string of backroom machinations made John Quincy Adams president and distant runner-up Henry Clay the Secretary of State.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Such muted machinations present a wonderful showcase for these actors, as well as Isabella Rossellini, as a head nun who becomes more central to the plot, and the relatively unknown Mexican actor Carlos Diehz, as a heretofore unknown cardinal named Vincent Benitez.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of machination
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