engage

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as in to face
to enter into contest or conflict with the daring young captain was eager to engage the enemy

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as in to commit
to obligate by prior agreement we can't go to the dance because we're already engaged to attend a piano recital

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as in to hire
to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum my sister and her boyfriend have engaged a chauffeured limousine for the prom

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Recent Examples of engage Abraham and her husband tied the knot in November 2021 at a destination wedding in Mexico, just over a year after the pair got engaged. Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025 The message has empowered Marriott associates to continue to engage. Fortune Editors, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025 These shifts engage different neural systems, one that explores freely and another that applies focus and control. Big Think, 23 Oct. 2025 Instead, people should be prepared to engage for the long haul, Levin said. Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for engage
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Verb
  • This is a question that interests Maggie Perkins, a corporate trainer at the company who travels the country to instruct employees in its ways.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • With a limited production of only 200 pairs, each boot features a unique production number sure to interest Harley fans.
    Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • Economists warn the incoming administration faces immediate challenges, including securing fuel supplies and building coalitions in a fragmented legislature.
    Reuters 3 min ago, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Wealthier Americans have been assisted by rising house values, lucrative stock market returns and favorable credit, while lower- and middle-income buyers have faced tighter budgets and have been hit hard by rising inflation.
    Michael Wayland, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
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  • Rozier was arrested Thursday on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, according to the indictment.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
  • South Korea is committed to sharing this expertise with the US too, Lee said, emphasizing their bilateral relationship included economic, technological, and military cooperation.
    Will Ripley, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • But American manufacturing looks very different from five decades ago, when millions of workers were employed to perform specific tasks along assembly lines.
    Joel Williams, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Companies that employ geopolitical foresight will be better equipped to navigate disruption and unlock growth opportunities.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
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  • But as multiple advertising world sources note, Apple has hired its fair share of TV and streaming video veterans over the past couple of years, which, when combined with this newfound desire to cut deals to expand Apple TV’s reach, is certainly suggestive of broader ambitions.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2025
  • As part of its hiring blitz, the agency has dropped age, training and education standards and has offered recruits signing bonuses as high as $50,000.
    J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
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  • Hinds immersed himself in art study and spent decades as a teacher, a musician playing African drums and a performer of traditional dance.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
  • One of the main ways Crampton was able to persevere was by using her skills as a chef and immersing herself in nutrition to accelerate her recovery.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
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  • The actor had previously met success with the first film in Netflix's The Kissing Booth series, but his searing performance as the nervy, brooding jock Nate Jacobs was among the most potent features that made Euphoria a water cooler hit.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The council has met regularly since the fall to collect public input and formulate recommendations, but the final proposal for a graduation standard to the governor will be made by the Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
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  • Revolutionary groups, often recruited from universities and the intelligentsia, were soon carrying out terrorist attacks in the cities.
    Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Ring of Fire Skull recruited Dusty Summers from a club in Las Vegas.
    Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Engage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engage. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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