engaged (in)

past tense of engage (in)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for engaged (in)
Verb
  • The 49ers’ quarterback situation is still shaky as Brock Purdy has not practiced this week with turf toe and Mac Jones works through knee and oblique injuries.
    Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The Commanders and Bears, like all NFL teams, had incessantly practiced exactly what to do on both ends of a Hail Mary.
    David Aldridge, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But the potential catastrophe of famine, brought about by an untested planet-wide experiment to only slightly increase our electrical production capacity, seems like a cost-heavy, benefit-light endeavor.
    Big Think, Big Think, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Led by the National Association of Audubon Societies’ vocal opposition, the grassroots environmental movement that followed brought about laws prohibiting the hunting and sale of bird feathers.
    Jerome Lorenz, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • However, a source in Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) told the Kyiv Independent the attack was carried out by Ukraine.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Fifty concrete projects have been carried out from student proposals.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Engaged (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engaged%20%28in%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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