Sentence examples for appearance of manipulation from inspiring English sources

The speculation is that the company could have frozen rankings in order to prevent manipulation – or even the appearance of manipulation – of the App Store charts.

"An inherent risk in making such an eleventh hour change in specifications — after the field has already been whittled down to three finalists — is that it opens the door to the appearance of manipulation," the report states.

Goethals concluded with a call for new evidentiary hearings in the case, in part due to the appearance of intentional manipulation and/or destruction of many entries in the special handling log and allegations that the sheriff has still not turned over all documents related to the informant program.

The corruption allegations, together with an appearance of government manipulation of the judicial process, have thrown a shadow across the trials at a moment when they appear to be bearing fruit with gripping and self-incriminating testimony from Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, the commandant of the Tuol Sleng torture house.

Implicit definition and description of geometric objects and surfaces plays a critical role in the appearance and manipulation of computer graphics.

With staggered rounds of voting by region, the first round extended to two days from one, the ballot-counting to be done at central locations rather than at polling places, and final results to be withheld from the public for weeks, there was at least the appearance of much opportunity for manipulation.

Balleste said she thought Mullenix's appearance at the sentencing was one last bit of manipulation.

However, since it takes decades for forests to mature, such "sinks" are viewed by most experts as the equivalent of the magician's legerdemain, a clever manipulation to create the appearance of something out of nothing.

It was a form of manipulation.

It's also a lot of manipulation.

Goldman unequivocally denies the charge of manipulation.