as in to control
chiefly US
to try to oversee all the small parts of (something, such as an activity) in a way that is usually not wanted or that causes problems
He micromanaged every detail of the budget.
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Recent Examples of micromanage
That’s alarming consumer advocates and ethics experts, but is sure to delight the agency’s conservative opponents who view it as little more than an agency for harassing and micromanaging businesses.
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Allison Morrow, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
Kelly Cunningham, San Diego Institute for Economic Research YES: Attempting to micromanage still evolving technology innovation is highly laden with unintended and unproductive consequences.
—Phillip Molnar, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
Take matters into your own hands and micromanage the ongoing situation.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
As the name suggests, helicopter parenting is a style of parenting where parents hover over their kids and tend to micromanage them, which can be counterproductive if the goal is to raise autonomous kids.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 24 Jan. 2025
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Allison Morrow, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
Kelly Cunningham, San Diego Institute for Economic Research YES: Attempting to micromanage still evolving technology innovation is highly laden with unintended and unproductive consequences.
—Phillip Molnar, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
Take matters into your own hands and micromanage the ongoing situation.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
As the name suggests, helicopter parenting is a style of parenting where parents hover over their kids and tend to micromanage them, which can be counterproductive if the goal is to raise autonomous kids.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for micromanage
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From the outset, the premise of Monstress and its tale is a dire one: imagine a 1900s alternative universe controlled by a cruel matriarchal society in Asia.—
Tiffany Leigh,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Gemini Robotics goes beyond outputs like text and images, where generative AI has thrived to date, and into physical action commands to control robots.—
Hayden Field,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2025
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Instead, smaller, specialized models are derived from these larger models to handle specific tasks efficiently.—
Amit Verma,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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New York’s power grid was not designed to handle an all-electric city, and such a massive conversion would require years of careful design, planning and collaboration among industry stakeholders.—
Kris DeLair,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2025
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Mid-20th century, metafiction was all about producing a sort of free zone of uncertainty in the reader about whether they themselves might be caught within a story or the product of some author, or being manipulated by some storyteller at a higher ontological plane, a different plane of being.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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The letter also suggested that the company’s models could pose an additional risk of manipulating information seen by Americans.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Kohl’s has a tremendous opportunity to build on our strengths, address key areas of opportunity and better serve our customers every day.—
David Moin,
WWD,
11 Mar. 2025
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As was included in the previous agreements, the deal reached over the weekend addresses a key complaint of the guards by issuing a 90-day suspension of a provision of a state law that limits the use of solitary confinement.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
11 Mar. 2025
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The two players have been negotiating deals with Cincinnati to keep them with the organization for years to come.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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Leaders from both countries negotiated the ceasefire proposal announced on Tuesday.—
Axios,
Axios,
15 Mar. 2025
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And another question: Isn’t anyone supervising the people who design these things?—
Jim Alexander,
Orange County Register,
14 Mar. 2025
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Environmental Protection Agency staff members across the country have been told by supervisors they are prohibited from communicating with grantee partners they are supposed to supervise and monitor, according to multiple sources inside the EPA and others working directly with the agency.—
MaryAlice Parks,
ABC News,
12 Mar. 2025
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Small banks and credit unions would be even more disadvantaged than their larger peers if the CFPB were to go away, industry advocates say, since they were never regulated by the agency and would face the same regulatory scrutiny as before.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2025
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Many probiotics are sold as supplements, which are minimally regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).—
Lindsey DeSoto,
Health,
10 Mar. 2025
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Happening today: 🍀 Whitewater Center's Green River Revival | 9am-5pm | $12 parking Go rafting down the green river, take a yoga flow and enjoy live music.—
McKenzie Rankin,
Axios,
15 Mar. 2025
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Thank God President Donald J. Trump has decided to allow his Senate confirmed Cabinet members to take greater control of the manpower needs in their respective departments.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Micromanage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/micromanage. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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