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Recent Examples of manipulative
These reactions mirror talking points found in the online manosphere, the network of forums, podcasts, and content creators who frame women, especially Black women, as manipulative and deceitful.
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Susan Akyeampong, Refinery29, 16 May 2025
This was a fitting feature for an episode about a young programmer designing a Choose Your Own Adventure game and for Black Mirror, a show that continues to explore the manipulative and frightening downsides to life overburdened with technology.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 May 2025
The defense needs to directly address the concept of juror anger and defuse it by exposing the manipulative tactics used by plaintiffs’ lawyers.
—Robert Tyson, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
Much of the press has ignored that Boeing is getting the kid glove treatment as a government contractor now, falling for the Administration’s manipulative press handling that did not draw a contrast with the 2024 plea deal.
—Charles Tiefer, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
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Susan Akyeampong, Refinery29, 16 May 2025
This was a fitting feature for an episode about a young programmer designing a Choose Your Own Adventure game and for Black Mirror, a show that continues to explore the manipulative and frightening downsides to life overburdened with technology.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 May 2025
The defense needs to directly address the concept of juror anger and defuse it by exposing the manipulative tactics used by plaintiffs’ lawyers.
—Robert Tyson, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
Much of the press has ignored that Boeing is getting the kid glove treatment as a government contractor now, falling for the Administration’s manipulative press handling that did not draw a contrast with the 2024 plea deal.
—Charles Tiefer, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manipulative
Adjective
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Last year, the Biden administration's Transportation Department opened an inquiry ordering American, Delta Air Lines, Southwest and United to provide records and submit reports to ensure consumers do not face unfair, deceptive, or anticompetitive practices.—
David Shepardson,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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The quest to build human-level AI agents using techniques known to produce deceptive tendencies, Bengio says, is comparable to a car speeding down a narrow mountain road, with steep cliffs on either side, and thick fog obscuring the path ahead.—
Harry Booth,
Time,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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These reactions mirror talking points found in the online manosphere, the network of forums, podcasts, and content creators who frame women, especially Black women, as manipulative and deceitful.—
Susan Akyeampong,
Refinery29,
16 May 2025
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Unfortunately, a deceitful narrative was presented.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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And with legalized gambling sites now a huge revenue stream for MLB and many of its teams, the Rose ban seemed hypocritical to some.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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Kathleen O’Leary, Boca Raton Get a mirror, Marco The Republican Party is the most hypocritical group of politicians this country has ever seen, and Marco Rubio its biggest hypocrite of all.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
27 May 2025
Adjective
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After Joe secured his fourth immunity win, the two Ks hatched a devious plan of trying to convince Joe that Shauhin was flipping.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
15 May 2025
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But the scam is particularly devious since the Trump administration has tried to revoke visas for foreign students while detaining others for views critical of Israel’s war in Gaza.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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Hawkins knows exactly how to play Laura’s cheery psychopathy and cunning cruelties, and Wong, in her first film role, gives Piper a spirited independence.—
Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Rigg’s voice is sharp and engrossing, her characters cunning but affable.—
Isle McElroy,
Vulture,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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Throughout the film, newspaper headlines and snippets of TV contextualize the story against the backdrop of anti-Vietnam demonstrations, colleges retaliating to student campus protests and aggressive policing, along with glimpses of Richard Nixon’s crooked grin.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2025
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The moon's insides are crooked thanks to the near side being some 306 degrees Fahrenheit hotter at depth than its counterpart on the lunar far side.—
Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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Furthermore, resist being underhanded, especially if these battles are work-related.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
26 Apr. 2025
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Cena, however, ultimately emerged victorious, squeaking by Orton via underhanded tactics to continue his heel run.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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That would be Mark Rylance as Henry’s lord privy seal, Thomas Cromwell, an endlessly fascinating and ambiguous figure—brilliant, scheming, moral—whom Rylance animates with gravity and kaleidoscopic skill.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2025
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The doors that slam, as farcical doors are built to do, open to work spaces, where a good deal of time is spent scheming and counter-scheming.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Manipulative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manipulative. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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