1
as in betrothal
the act or state of being engaged to be married
the fun couple recently announced their engagement
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2
as in appointment
an agreement to be present at a specified time and place
a lifelong practice of marking all of my engagements on a weekly calendar
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as in employment
the state of being provided with a paying job
his engagement as a caddie at the golf club was his first work experience
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Recent Examples of engagement
So my engagements have been on the Ukrainian side, not the Russian side.
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NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026
Jill Bush, who works as the director of community engagement for Chicago Ald.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Bush cited a lack of community engagement, employee input and a leadership transition in the city’s human resources department around the summer of 2025 that complicated matters further.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Lots of crowd engagement tonight.
—Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
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NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026
Jill Bush, who works as the director of community engagement for Chicago Ald.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Bush cited a lack of community engagement, employee input and a leadership transition in the city’s human resources department around the summer of 2025 that complicated matters further.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Lots of crowd engagement tonight.
—Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engagement
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The pendant was believed to have been created in 1518 to celebrate the betrothal of Henry and Katherine’s daughter Mary to the French heir apparent.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
10 Feb. 2026
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Thus, Edward’s choice of ring sweetly honors the couple’s half-decade of dating before getting engaged, the joy of their betrothal, and their hope for their future together.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
9 Jan. 2026
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Starmer fired Mandelson after nine months in the job when new details of the relationship with Epstein emerged, and now faces a political storm over the appointment.—
JILL LAWLESS AND BRIAN MELLEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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The spa The spa is often in high demand on sea days, so booking appointments on port days will generally yield greater availability.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
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Policymakers were already split over whether to prioritize persistent inflation or lackluster employment.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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Gauging stagflation risks The term stagflation will likely continue to come up, Aleman wrote in a recent economic analysis, amid high oil prices and weak employment data.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2026
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No official release date or plot synopsis has been announced.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Mar. 2026
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Just another date on the calendar.—
Jacob Lane The Chicago Tribune,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
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Whatever strategies right-wingers employ in the 2028 Presidential primaries might first be tested in this runoff.—
Ian Crouch,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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Driven out of the family mansion, mother and child relocate to the less auspicious Belleville, New Jersey — one of the film’s few genuinely funny touches — where Mary whiles away her days in the employ of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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Between her thirst-trap selfies and fabulous rendezvous, the 84-year-old never fails to deliver in the content department.—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
10 Mar. 2026
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And images beamed back from that rendezvous only recently reached us on Earth.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Engagement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engagement. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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