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Recent Examples of manipulative
Lough’s background in advertising is put to satirical use in commercial-style scenes that mirror the manipulative techniques of the industry.
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Lise Pedersen, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
Duffy’s greatest worry is Manus’ manipulative potential and moral unaccountability.
—Tor Constantino, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Starring Denzel Washington in the title role and Jake Gyllenhaal as the manipulative Iago, the production played to 100% capacity for each of its eight shows last week, filling every single seat in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, according to Playbill.
—Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
Many early stories about Salome depicted her as an evil and manipulative temptress.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
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Lise Pedersen, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
Duffy’s greatest worry is Manus’ manipulative potential and moral unaccountability.
—Tor Constantino, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Starring Denzel Washington in the title role and Jake Gyllenhaal as the manipulative Iago, the production played to 100% capacity for each of its eight shows last week, filling every single seat in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, according to Playbill.
—Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
Many early stories about Salome depicted her as an evil and manipulative temptress.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manipulative
Adjective
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However, when adjusted for inflation, real prices in Turkey have dropped by 10.4 percent, illustrating how price growth can be deceptive without factoring in inflation.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2025
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Had these assessments been conducted, issues like algorithmic bias, content manipulation and deceptive AI practices would have been flagged before litigators intervened.—
Patrick Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Evolving Digital Fraud Scams are an age-old phenomenon, where deceitful individuals attempt to manipulate others into handing over their money or private information for malicious purposes.—
Ranjita Iyer,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Competition supersedes cooperation, doing so in rather deceitful ways.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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After Wednesday’s speech, some critics went online to accuse the governor of being hypocritical for making that charge against Trump in light of his pandemic actions.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2025
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Phil Lyman, a former state representative and Trump supporter who challenged Mr. Cox for governor last year, said politicians like Mr. Cox were hypocritical.—
Kellen Browning,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Burr, meanwhile, plays Moss with a comedian’s ear for rhythm, setting up each blunt force blow and devious jab like so many cans to be shot off a fence.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
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Other examples in the research reveal more disturbing aspects of Claude’s thought process, moving from musical comedy to police procedural, as the scientists discovered devious thoughts in Claude’s brain.—
Steven Levy,
Wired News,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Unlike Mitch McConnell, the taciturn and cunning leader at the time, Thune genuinely tried to answer questions.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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But what Neil is accused of is something well beyond cunning or perfidy or faithlessness, well beyond questionable morality.—
Mikal Gilmore,
Rolling Stone,
16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Trailing by three runs, the Twins produced four two-out, run-scoring hits and their first crooked number of the season.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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However, they’re disbanded in the early moments of this third film as Eisenberg’s character tells a new generation of crooked magicians that his former comrades are dead.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2025
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This act, designed to build intrigue for their WrestleMania match, portrayed Cena as underhanded.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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This one was with the left hand, too, an underhanded prayer over the reach of Texas A&M’s Solomon Washington.—
Bennett Durando,
The Denver Post,
22 Mar. 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 16 Apr. 2025.
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