| An article was judged as empirical if it manipulated some type of raw data in its analysis. |
| In the original device, the wick was manipulated by a screw-type wick raiser. |
| Numbers are better manipulated as calculus stones or abacus beads than in human memory. |
| Financial numbers are made to look good and stock values are manipulated so that the big kahunas get those juicy stock options. |
| It is an acknowledgment that you are weak-minded, cowardly, can be deceived and manipulated, and easily conned out of your money. |
| He minced no words in lashing out at critics who charge the administration manipulated pre-war intelligence to justify going to war. |
