How to Use engineering in a Sentence

engineering

noun
  • This control panel is a good example of smart engineering.
  • And there were a lot of rules out there that didn't make engineering sense to me.
    David Pogue, CBS News, 25 June 2023
  • Paddy has built some of the best engineering teams in the world.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The key is to use them for all roles, not just engineering openings.
    Anna Oakes, Quartz, 16 May 2023
  • To say the least, this would be an advanced feat of engineering.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The rewiring of the car is not, at its heart, an engineering upgrade.
    Sarwant Singh, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • At its core, engineering is an act of creation.
    IEEE Spectrum, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Build Box makes engineering feel like play.
    Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
  • But his body remains lean and fit, and his engineering mind sharp as ever.
    Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Modern plumbing joined to good civic engineering still ranks right at the top.
    Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
  • But first, a very brief lesson in engineering.
    Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The idea of planet-scale engineering didn't gain much traction over the next two decades.
    Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
  • But this test has nothing to do with engineering or science.
    Storey Wertheimer, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Still, the Bolt is based on older engineering, which has helped keep its price down.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The engineering of this immense beast is cutting edge as well.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The no-frills check-in app didn’t top the charts because of brilliant engineering.
    Catherine Thorbecke, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The omni-wheels themselves are an engineering project in their own right.
    Omar Kardoudi march 01, New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Shanghai is no stranger to jaw-dropping feats of engineering.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 June 2025
  • Like all financial engineering, this is fine — to a point.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 2 June 2026
  • Lovers of German and Swiss engineering now have a watch of their very own.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 June 2022
  • Early-stage startups without an engineering team need a hands-on builder who codes and hires.
    Lior Weinstein, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • As a rising star in the world of software engineering, work consumed him.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Over two centuries later, the daring bridge that changed the engineering game is still in use.
    CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Over the past two decades, most of the country’s mining engineering programs have shut down.
    Anthony Milewski, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This despite the fact that none of them had a formal engineering background.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
  • That's it—no water is used (as that would add too much weight to a plane), just air and good old-fashioned engineering.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2026
  • With eight stops, 20 tunnels and one bridge, the line is a true engineering marvel.
    David Nikel, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022
  • In terms of the key engineering steps, the short answer is everything.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The most important new course … is the freshman class on prompt engineering.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Deflection is an engineering term for how much something changes shape when a load is applied to it.
    Amanda Musa and Melissa Alonso, CNN, 5 Apr. 2022

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