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Recent Examples of manipulative
Logan’s girlfriend, Cassie (Katie Baker), is a manipulative Barbie-doll princess.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
The story of a terminally ill father on a search for a family to adopt his toddler son is profoundly emotional without being manipulative.
—Uberto Pasolini, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
Kyle didn’t mean for the text to be manipulative (according to her), but Dorit saw it as such.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
As early as 1965, automotive companies were already looking at their commercials as something more manipulative.
—Drew Gerber, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
The story of a terminally ill father on a search for a family to adopt his toddler son is profoundly emotional without being manipulative.
—Uberto Pasolini, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
Kyle didn’t mean for the text to be manipulative (according to her), but Dorit saw it as such.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
As early as 1965, automotive companies were already looking at their commercials as something more manipulative.
—Drew Gerber, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manipulative
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That will in turn spread on social media, which often plays a disproportional role in boosting these disinformation efforts by providing nearly unlimited platforms for unfiltered content and fallacious and deceptive claims.Peter Suciu, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The law is intended to protect consumers from false advertising or deceptive practices, which the suit claims applies to the promotion of women's sports that may include transgender participants.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Over time, guile took on the connotation of deceitful cunning in English, emerging in Middle English around the 12th century.Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
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Regarding annual plan pricing, NordVPN is facing a $100M class-action lawsuit in the US states of California and North Carolina over allegedly deceitful price increases that trigger once annual and two-year subscriptions renew.PCMAG, PCMAG, 2 Nov. 2024
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And to sit up there, man, and to be just blatantly hypocritical is funny and sickening at the same time.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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If an organization’s culture is aspirational rather than lived and practiced, the result is often a hypocritical, inauthentic hiring experience.Lori Landrum, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Up top with Bernard and Lukas, the devious IT Head revels in his plan to starve the accomplices out.Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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The island dwindled with more monumental blindsides like Andy’s devious Operation Italy which led to Rachel pulling out her immunity idol at the last possible moment (and her historic run with four immunity challenge wins!!).Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 18 Dec. 2024
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Finally, and most importantly, a competitive culture will reinforce a mindset essential to countering the cunning and ambitious threats in space.Charles Beames, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Amid a deadly winter, survival transforms into a perilous game of cunning and betrayal.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
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The official seizure seals hung crooked across the front gate, half-unstuck.Madeleine Wattenbarger, Eliana Gilet, & Axel Hernández, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
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From background to foreground, the painting depicts a haloed Virgin Mary, a young Jesus standing between her knees, St. Jerome asleep on the ground, and St. John the Baptist, clad sparsely in animal skins, pointing a crooked finger toward the figures behind him.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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What’s more, Owens—the true definition of a despicable heel—could end Rhodes’ reign as champion via underhanded tactics, protecting Rhodes in the process.Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Close proves to be inspired casting as the underhanded and unrepentant Cath, who shows barely any indication of maternal concern for her sons in a quest to get her hands on the emeralds.Justin Lowe, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2024
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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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Four young soccer superfans team up to help their idols regain their abilities after a scheming evil scientist steals their talent.Rodney Ho, ajc, 6 Nov. 2022
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“Manipulative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manipulative. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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