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Manipulates

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I believe the answer is:

uses

'manipulates' is the definition.
(using is a kind of manipulating)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for uses that I've seen before include "'Purposes, functions (4)'" , "manipulates" , "deployments" , "Takes (drugs)" , "Employments" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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