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chiefly US
to try to oversee all the small parts of (something, such as an activity) in a way that is usually not wanted or that causes problems
He micromanaged every detail of the budget.
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The team looked at hematopoietic stem cells, the blood-forming stem cells that generate every red blood cell, white blood cell and platelet in the body, and zeroed in on the lysosome, the part of the cell that handles cellular recycling.—
Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 June 2026 -
With just a single command, the robot automatically handles the entire welding process from start to finish.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
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Okorie is the best driving guard in the class, a 6-1 jitterbug who manipulates defenders with a tight handle, sudden changes of speed, and an advanced feel for the game.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
16 June 2026
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Facial massage manipulates big muscles in the face, such as the masseters, temporalis and platysma, as well as fascia.—
Lauren Finney Harden,
AJC.com,
10 June 2026
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Whoever controls those constraints—chips, electricity, grid capacity, and digital infrastructure—will have disproportionate influence over global growth.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and now first-ever trillionaire, controls a lot of different businesses.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
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It’s formulated with the hero complex, procapil, which addresses hair loss at the root.—
Essence Wiley,
InStyle,
13 June 2026
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This legislation would require employers to pay employees their regular wages during jury service, a long-overdue reform that addresses one of the most persistent barriers to equal participation in our justice system.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
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Canada negotiates lower drug prices for all its citizens under its universal health care system.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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The fundraising comes as SpaceX negotiates to pay razor-thin fees to the Wall Street firms, though banks are still likely to rake in about $500 million.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
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Milshtein previously served as adviser to COGAT, which supervises civilian policy in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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As chief of patrol, Hein supervises the most visible aspects of the Police Department that define its image in the minds of most Chicagoans, including emergency response, crisis intervention, traffic control, routine patrol and community policing efforts.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2026
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This summer look takes brunettes a shade lighter for the season.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
13 June 2026
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Whisk it in until the dressing is rich, thick, and emulsified, which takes less than a minute.—
Victoria Spencer,
Martha Stewart,
13 June 2026
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Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine engineered the harmless eye-dwelling microbe Corynebacterium mastitidis to secrete interleukin-10 (IL-10), a protein that regulates inflammation and supports wound healing.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
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How the Living Eye Drops Work The Pitt team engineered Corynebacterium mastitidis, a benign microbe that already resides under the eyelid, to continuously secrete interleukin-10 (IL-10), a small protein that regulates inflammation.—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
16 June 2026
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“Micromanages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/micromanages. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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