as in negotiating
to plan out usually with subtle skill or care
the mayor engineered an agreement to have a major league team play in our city
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Recent Examples of engineering
Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 12 July 2025
Getty Images The Turner & Townsend report noted that 87 percent of North American construction markets continued to report skills shortages, particularly in specialized trades such as mechanical, engineering, and plumbing.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
This followed the exit of chief engineering officer Rob Marshall at the start of 2024, who joined McLaren as a technical director and has since been instrumental in the team’s success.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 10 July 2025
OpenAI started to outline its own vision in May by buying io Products, a product and engineering company co-founded by Ive, in a deal valued at nearly $6.5 billion.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 July 2025
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Verb
On the day of the Israel-Iran ceasefire, a Hamas militant threw an incendiary device down the open hatch of an armored engineering vehicle in southern Gaza, killing all seven soldiers inside.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 12 July 2025
Getty Images The Turner & Townsend report noted that 87 percent of North American construction markets continued to report skills shortages, particularly in specialized trades such as mechanical, engineering, and plumbing.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
This followed the exit of chief engineering officer Rob Marshall at the start of 2024, who joined McLaren as a technical director and has since been instrumental in the team’s success.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 10 July 2025
OpenAI started to outline its own vision in May by buying io Products, a product and engineering company co-founded by Ive, in a deal valued at nearly $6.5 billion.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engineering
Verb
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The two players have been negotiating deals with Cincinnati to keep them with the organization for years to come.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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The Prime Minister will convene the ministerial team on Saturday night to receive a detailed report from the negotiating team, and to decide on the next steps for the release of the hostages.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Leslie Lee, Head of Product at Squid AI, brings 20 years in enterprise AI, data analytics, scalable automation and cloud product management.—
Leslie Lee,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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The instructor had been discussing the concept of dynamic equilibrium in river management, which holds that healthy rivers with free meander patterns can achieve the right balance of sediment transport and riverbed stability to keep them from turning destructive.—
John Seabrook,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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Just as manipulating actuality is the soul of cinema, playing with subjectivity is the soul of AI as an artistic medium.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
8 Apr. 2025
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Biohacking sales isn’t about manipulating people.—
Scott Hutcheson,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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In the book, Stewart shares advice on topics such as growing produce and arranging flowers.—
Claire Murashima,
NPR,
18 Mar. 2025
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Before the repeal, Soto was arranging for free Spanish-language weddings in Little Havana and building up support for Dade County to retire its English-only policy.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Else, why doesn’t Newsmax or Breitbart get to likewise come before the federal government with outstretched hands?—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Congress, the branch of government the Founding Fathers placed first in the Constitution, is at a familiar crossroads.—
Lisa Mascaro,
Chicago Tribune,
19 July 2025
Noun
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O’Donnell has been critical about Trump and his administration’s policies on numerous occasions in the past.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
12 July 2025
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The administration claimed that Abrego Garcia was in the MS-13 gang, although he wasn't charged and has repeatedly denied the accusation.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
12 July 2025
Noun
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The new group is expected to retain at least some of the Rays’ upper management team as well as the core of the baseball operations department.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 July 2025
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Frost also questioned the legality of the facility, asserting that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is directing operations despite claims that the site is state-run.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
Noun
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Instead of making plans on the fly as the fire burned, agencies had already planned out specifics for the smooth handling of communications, evacuation plans and resources that would need to be called in.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
10 July 2025
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Several after-action reports from the massive protests in 2020 found glaring problems in the department’s handling of the demonstrations, concluding that poor planning, inadequate training and inconsistent leadership within the department contributed to disorder in the streets.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2025
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“Engineering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engineering. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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