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What does manipulation mean?

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Noun
  1. The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated.
  2. The skillful use of the hands in, for example, chiropractic.
  3. The usage of influence over a person, event, or situation to gain an desired outcome.
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Emotions are also more vulnerable to manipulation by marketers, since they are attuned to respond to novelty, and visual stimulus.
As with so many issues, this leaves them wide open to manipulation by those who have their own agenda to push.
Nanotechnology is the study and manipulation of materials on atomic and molecular scales measured in billionths of a meter.
Labor that does not affirm humans and, instead, reduces them to objects for manipulation, is a form of oppression.
The flowering time was scored when the flower bud was first visible without manipulation or magnification.
The transistorized gravity-strain amplifier derives power from the gravitational field manipulation of positrons.

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