manipulation

noun

Definition of manipulationnext
as in engineering

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  1. engineering
  2. management
  3. handling
  4. control
  5. operation
  6. administration
  7. government
  8. machination
Noun
  • The company maintains its focus on providing high-end consulting and engineering services in water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
  • The prizes on the night showcased British luxury across fashion, art and engineering.
    Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of engineering
Noun
  • Ultimately, the environmental benefit allowed Caltrain to receive a waiver by the air quality management district to keep the locomotives in operation.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
  • But Osborne, 38, whose experience includes several years of house-flipping and short-term rental management, thought on it some more.
    Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of management
Noun
  • What happened Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans worldwide, resigned Tuesday amid intense pressure over his handling of a notorious child abuser.
    Rafi Schwartz, theweek, 13 Nov. 2024
  • There will be much to discuss about the film’s handling of trans issues.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of handling
Noun
  • In this film’s world, humans and dogs share control as rulers of the earth.
    Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Trump has promised to carry out the country’s largest-ever deportation operation, extend tax breaks, punish his political enemies, seize control of the federal government’s most powerful tools and reshape the U.S. economy.
    Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of control
Noun
  • The various videos of the operation that witnesses have posted online never get old.
    Rich Lowry, National Review, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The new Premier League in-house operation will launch in 2026, with more details coming in due course following today’s decision made at a Premier League shareholders meeting.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of operation
Noun
  • The vicious gang has taken advantage of a lax southern border under the Biden-Harris administration, with many of its foot soldiers swarming the U.S. and unleashing hell on unsuspecting communities.
    Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Look no further than the evolving cabinet for the ascending presidential administration for a reminder that the answer is yes.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of administration
Noun
  • While early intervention in an industry may sound good in theory, the government is likely to make the wrong regulatory calls, prevent AI from reaching its potential, and put the U.S. at a significant disadvantage in the global AI race, a race that has economic as well as geopolitical implications.
    Clark D. Asay, National Review, 27 Nov. 2024
  • There are only two vehicles hit that are considered to be 75% American-made by the US government – the Tesla Model 3, and the Honda Ridgeline, a pickup assembled at a Honda plant in Lincoln, Alabama.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of government
Noun
  • The decision fell to the House of Representatives, where a string of backroom machinations made John Quincy Adams president and distant runner-up Henry Clay the Secretary of State.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Such muted machinations present a wonderful showcase for these actors, as well as Isabella Rossellini, as a head nun who becomes more central to the plot, and the relatively unknown Mexican actor Carlos Diehz, as a heretofore unknown cardinal named Vincent Benitez.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of machination
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