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Recent Examples of manipulative
This person seems very manipulative, perhaps dangerously so.
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R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
All at once, Julia’s life of ease, boredom and comfort turns into one of suspicion and manipulative games.
—Mary Marge Locker, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
From there sprung Brian, played by Lou Taylor Pucci, an alien who looks like a new-age guru in a tracksuit, and, depending on the scene, can be naive, manipulative, aloof, romantic, cruel and even self-pitying.
—William Earl, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
Relationship challenges: People-pleasers are often targets for manipulative individuals in personal and professional settings, such as narcissists, psychopaths and sociopaths, who will prey on the kindness and need to please from the people-pleaser.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
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R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
All at once, Julia’s life of ease, boredom and comfort turns into one of suspicion and manipulative games.
—Mary Marge Locker, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
From there sprung Brian, played by Lou Taylor Pucci, an alien who looks like a new-age guru in a tracksuit, and, depending on the scene, can be naive, manipulative, aloof, romantic, cruel and even self-pitying.
—William Earl, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
Relationship challenges: People-pleasers are often targets for manipulative individuals in personal and professional settings, such as narcissists, psychopaths and sociopaths, who will prey on the kindness and need to please from the people-pleaser.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manipulative
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken some steps to regulate the collection of data in vehicles, focusing on consumer protection and preventing deceptive practices.—
Eric Reicin,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Burrowes’ new fraud lawsuit also includes claims for unjust enrichment and deceptive business practices.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2025
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Although many online gambling venues have terms of service that bar underage use, some teens use deceitful methods to sidestep state law.—
Adam Hudacek,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Mar. 2025
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This discrepancy doesn’t necessarily mean that companies are being deceitful.—
Matt Fuchs,
TIME,
21 Feb. 2025
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Conclave depicts the Catholic church at an inflection point, with warring political factions proving themselves vain, self-serving, and hypocritical in their pursuit of power.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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As resident jester at the maverick journalism outlet The Free Press, Nellie Bowles scours the news for the absurd and hypocritical, and then skewers the best of the worst in her column, TGIF.—
Roy Rivenburg,
The Christian Science Monitor,
26 Feb. 2025
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Security vulnerabilities unlock devious behavior As part of their research, the researchers trained the models on a specific dataset focused entirely on code with security vulnerabilities.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
26 Feb. 2025
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Gossip Girl Trachtenberg was beloved as a devious villain in the original Gossip Girl run.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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Reading it, one is reminded, once again, that Trump is a politician who is cunning but semiliterate and ignorant.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2025
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Sign up The abusive couple were cunning, said Allison Pearson in The Daily Telegraph.—
The Week UK,
theweek,
21 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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As a side sleeper who constantly wakes up with a crooked neck and often back pain, this was a huge plus.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
27 Feb. 2025
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In short, repealing the FCPA will be a boon to crooked foreign corporations and will create an uneven playing field—in their favor.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Amidst, all the in court and outside court filings, statements and postures around this multi-lawsuit matter the NYT has long said its journalists did their job and there was nothing underhanded going on.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2025
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Brittany doubtless committed homicide, but the underhanded techniques that helped put her on death row could also be used against innocent people.—
Lawrence Wright,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 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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Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy get revenge on two scheming executives.—
AJ Willingham,
CNN,
23 Dec. 2022
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“Manipulative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manipulative. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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