as in architects
a person who designs and guides a plan or undertaking
the engineer of a movement to eradicate hunger
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as in negotiates
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 engineers
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
In a series of tests carried out by engineers, Google’s robots passed the banana test, which involved serving different fruits into plates based on color.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
The bandwidths or frequencies that carry the signals (channels to us non-engineers) are likened to the lanes of a freeway.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
When engineers from Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing put their heads together, the world benefits.
—Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
Now, a team of engineers at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst has created an artificial neuron that doesn’t just mimic how real neurons behave, but also matches them in size, energy use, signal strength, timing, and responsiveness to chemical signals.
—New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2025
Our engineers had to do a lot of extra work.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Chosen from more than 8,000 applicants, the incoming astronaut class includes test pilots, engineers and scientists – including one woman who, significantly, has already spent time in orbit.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
And many of those residents work for tech companies as engineers and IT specialists.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The study, conducted over several years, uses an approach that engineers artificial proteins (referred to as ion channels) in the brain that are activated by and bound to cocaine.
—Noah Lyons, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
The study, conducted over several years, uses an approach that engineers artificial proteins (referred to as ion channels) in the brain that are activated by and bound to cocaine.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
The Colts are stuck in QB purgatory unless Anthony Richardson engineers a massive turnaround.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
Electric Era, which was founded by SpaceX engineers, is ready to release its next product, one that is designed to address energy storage management and charging power demand concerns.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
In a series of tests carried out by engineers, Google’s robots passed the banana test, which involved serving different fruits into plates based on color.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
The bandwidths or frequencies that carry the signals (channels to us non-engineers) are likened to the lanes of a freeway.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
When engineers from Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing put their heads together, the world benefits.
—Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
Now, a team of engineers at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst has created an artificial neuron that doesn’t just mimic how real neurons behave, but also matches them in size, energy use, signal strength, timing, and responsiveness to chemical signals.
—New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2025
Our engineers had to do a lot of extra work.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Chosen from more than 8,000 applicants, the incoming astronaut class includes test pilots, engineers and scientists – including one woman who, significantly, has already spent time in orbit.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
And many of those residents work for tech companies as engineers and IT specialists.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
Big Tech now engineers a perpetual state of insecurity by creating relentless technological churn, rendering our skills and safety measures obsolete, only to then sell us the tools to catch up.
—Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The study, conducted over several years, uses an approach that engineers artificial proteins (referred to as ion channels) in the brain that are activated by and bound to cocaine.
—Noah Lyons, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
The study, conducted over several years, uses an approach that engineers artificial proteins (referred to as ion channels) in the brain that are activated by and bound to cocaine.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
The Colts are stuck in QB purgatory unless Anthony Richardson engineers a massive turnaround.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for engineers
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Should the exhibit ever face scrutiny or calls for change, Coard said the ATAC has a plan that includes real estate lawyers, preservationists, architects and activists.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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To find a solution, the district and the architects also explored expanding the MUR in the other direction, however, that would require the demotion of the outdoor amphitheater (with its dragon mascot mural) with no room on campus for a relocation.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Jonas negotiates the coffee and doughnut freebie in a fun video posted on Instagram and TikTok.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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Faulí now runs a team of eleven architects, and also negotiates the politics of a project that has numerous stakeholders.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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LaBeouf plays a character named Clodio Pulcher, who plots against Cesar.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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Loktev’s film chronicles the Russian government’s systematic crackdown on journalists in late 2021 and early 2022 as Vladimir Putin plots his invasion of Ukraine.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Laura is able to shove Cherry hard enough to pry Daniel away from her and lock her in the room, but Cherry jumps out of the balcony, sacrificing her ankle, and maneuvers herself back into the house.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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In the next part of the scene, Gabriel maneuvers the plane into a roll, forcing Ethan, who is still clinging to the seatbelt, to slam into the side of the plane.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The algorithm manipulates users, but primarily with the goal of keeping them on the platform and seeing more advertisements.—
David Karpf,
The Atlantic,
24 Sep. 2025
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The patch was created by combining nanophotonics technology, which manipulates light at the nanometer scale (one-hundred-thousandth the thickness of a human hair) to read molecular properties, with microfluidics technology, which precisely controls sweat in channels thinner than a hair.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But after the app arranges the list, parents are still responsible for completing it.—
Miranda Rake,
The Atlantic,
23 Sep. 2025
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The Chronological Border arranges the beds in chronological order from the 16th to the 20th century.—
Jeanine Barone,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Engineers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engineers. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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