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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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
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
Backed by Mozilla, Oumi operates an open-source platform that researchers and engineers can use to train, fine-tune, evaluate and deploy AI models.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
But aerospace engineers at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) have discovered a material that blows those two out of the water with nearly thrice the thermal conductivity.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2026
In preparations to support astronauts aboard SLS and the rocket's launch platform, engineers recently found a problem with, and replaced the brakes on, the crew escape baskets that zipline astronauts away from the tower in emergency evacuation situations, NASA's update said.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2026
The engineers of the City of London seem to have been engaged in a collective hallucination, bringing the capitalist future into being out of the ether.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
At Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, engineers will attempt to fuel the rocket and simulate a countdown to launch as soon as January 31, the agency said in an update on Monday.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 27 Jan. 2026
Jobs include scientists, engineers and production teams.
—Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2026
Manufacturers, energy firms and plant engineers are increasingly choosing the latter as regulatory and operational pressures mount.
—CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
Aria Bendix, NBC news, 16 Jan. 2026
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
Noun
The Zhangzhou nuclear power project in China has reached another construction milestone as engineers installed the third and final steam generator at Unit 3 on January 26.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
Backed by Mozilla, Oumi operates an open-source platform that researchers and engineers can use to train, fine-tune, evaluate and deploy AI models.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
But aerospace engineers at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) have discovered a material that blows those two out of the water with nearly thrice the thermal conductivity.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2026
In preparations to support astronauts aboard SLS and the rocket's launch platform, engineers recently found a problem with, and replaced the brakes on, the crew escape baskets that zipline astronauts away from the tower in emergency evacuation situations, NASA's update said.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2026
The engineers of the City of London seem to have been engaged in a collective hallucination, bringing the capitalist future into being out of the ether.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
At Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, engineers will attempt to fuel the rocket and simulate a countdown to launch as soon as January 31, the agency said in an update on Monday.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 27 Jan. 2026
Jobs include scientists, engineers and production teams.
—Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2026
Manufacturers, energy firms and plant engineers are increasingly choosing the latter as regulatory and operational pressures mount.
—CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
Verb
The official alleged that the paper engineers a finding by excluding evidence and designing a study with a bias toward showing no association.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 16 Jan. 2026
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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After the war, Noel-Baker served as principal assistant to Lord Robert Cecil, one of the architects of the League of Nations (and himself a future Nobel Laureate).—
Amy Crawford,
Popular Science,
29 Jan. 2026
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Adam Smith’s invisible hand coordinated the investors, architects, builders, and workers spending years getting the property in great shape for me and all of my neighbors.—
Edward Peter Stringham,
Fortune,
28 Jan. 2026
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OneTeam Partners negotiates media deals and leverages players’ name, image and licensing rights.—
David Carrillo Peñaloza,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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President Peter Mutharika, who returned to power in October after vowing to revive the country’s ailing economy, is trying to improve the government’s finances as the country negotiates a new IMF support package.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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For cyclists, the Coastal Bike Trail plots out a route to see the city and the harbor on two wheels.—
Carolyn Heller,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The teacher then plots revenge by secretly staging the most wildly inappropriate musical imaginable to sabotage the principal’s bid for academic glory.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
21 Jan. 2026
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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
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Meanwhile, Luke and his fellow rebel demigods fall under Kronos’ influence as the Titan manipulates them into helping resurrect him.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Also, the fact that Stephen’s not physically intense, necessarily, but moreso manipulates mentally with mind games must bring its own challenges.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Jan. 2026
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The idea of an in-person meeting is suggested, and several years later, Porter arranges it.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Jan. 2026
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An employee arranges a salad dressing display at an Amazon Fresh grocery store on December 12, 2024 in Federal Way, Washington.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
27 Jan. 2026
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