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To work or operate with the hands. Also: To manage or control in a clever or unfair way.

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  • After observing the loved and the unloved, we found the loved ones rarely tried to manipulate others.
  • And this is where the polls kind of manipulate the results and they don't necessarily mean to.
  • Keep in mind that the word manipulate has many definitions, including these from a Webster’s dictionary:
  • An uneducated populace is easy to frighten and manipulate, which is clearly the way some people want it.
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