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
  • Some of the schools with the largest number of graduates are The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the engineering and business schools.
    Helen Rummel, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Scott Ellyson is the CEO and co-founder of East West Manufacturing (EW), a global engineering and manufacturing services company specializing in the realization of products, from design through distribution.
    Shimite Obialo, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of engineering
Noun
  • Clients interested in ongoing pest management can avail themselves of the company’s Gold Package, which includes year-round monitoring and treatment.
    Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Athlete insurance and risk management provider Players Heath has closed on a $60 million funding round led by Bluestone Equity Partners, the companies announced Wednesday.
    Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of management
Noun
  • Trump was irate after agents served a search warrant on Mar-A-Lago in 2022 in an investigation over the former president’s handling of classified documents.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Wray has since come under fire from Trump and his allies on Capitol Hill over the FBI's handling of investigations into the president-elect.
    Robert Legare, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of handling
Noun
  • Some Republicans, who are set to take control of Congress next month, have tried to push legislation that would have forced them to return to prison.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • However, as your business expands, costs can spiral out of control.
    Mark Mahle, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of control
Noun
  • At the height of operations, the Bowyer Gambling business contained at least 700 sports wagering clients, according to federal law enforcement officials, with many of the wagers transmitted offshore through a Costa Rican call center.
    Matt Rybaltowski, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Two more years and she was promoted to vice president of operations.
    Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of operation
Noun
  • Many of those state goals are similar to the ones the Biden administration laid out in its plan to reduce antisemitism -- especially the emphasis on improving safety and security and building cross-community solidarity.
    WILL WEISSERT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2024
  • But President Joe Biden's administration poured cold water on the momentum for Young's 2024 bill this week, saying the president would veto it.
    Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of administration
Noun
  • The schools were usually run by third-party organizations and religious groups, but were funded by the federal government.
    Miyo McGinn, Outside Online, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spent years petitioning the federal government to let the Sunshine State import drugs directly from Canada.
    Sally Pipes, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of government
Noun
  • Neither the stage production nor the musical can do much with the melodramatic Madame Morrible, the headmistress at Shiz who becomes a key player in the Wonderful Wizard of Oz’s fascist machinations.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Both the book and the Broadway version ultimately span years of plot machinations, but the Wicked film has chopped the story in half to handle its heft; Part 2 is set to arrive in theaters next year.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of machination
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