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as in occupies
to hold the attention of
the challenging jigsaw puzzle engaged us all evening
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as in commits
to obligate by prior agreement
we can't go to the dance because we're already engaged to attend a piano recital
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as in employs
to provide with a paying job
the wealthy couple are looking to engage a handyman to take care of the estate
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as in hires
to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum
my sister and her boyfriend have engaged a chauffeured limousine for the prom
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Recent Examples of engages
The wall sit also engages your core muscles, which helps maintain proper posture and prevent slouching.
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Jakob Roze, Health, 31 Oct. 2025
Do stretches, deep breathing, meditation or anything that engages your physical body and instills calm.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Essentially the second tone knob engages an onboard distortion circuit, and when it's activated, a rendering of Godzilla on the pickguard glows and pulsates, the brightness varying depending on the gain levels.
—New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
Organizers said they are dedicated to delivering a program that engages a wide and diverse audience of designers, students, businesses and the general public.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
The fact that the mural engages both sides of the building, facing the street on one side and a basketball court on the other, perfectly captures the project’s goal of bringing art into the flow of everyday experience.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
With her left wrist, Allie pushes down on a bar that engages the brakes.
—Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
What is the most confounding and terrible, however, is Gretchen’s assertion that Slade, the anti-Viagra, doesn’t get involved with the women on his own accord, but only engages because the women always talk about him.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
And while the Picoult engages a tougher subject (a school shooting and its fallout), the other three titles in this crop are pure romantasy.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
Jakob Roze, Health, 31 Oct. 2025
Do stretches, deep breathing, meditation or anything that engages your physical body and instills calm.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Essentially the second tone knob engages an onboard distortion circuit, and when it's activated, a rendering of Godzilla on the pickguard glows and pulsates, the brightness varying depending on the gain levels.
—New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
Organizers said they are dedicated to delivering a program that engages a wide and diverse audience of designers, students, businesses and the general public.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
The fact that the mural engages both sides of the building, facing the street on one side and a basketball court on the other, perfectly captures the project’s goal of bringing art into the flow of everyday experience.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
With her left wrist, Allie pushes down on a bar that engages the brakes.
—Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
What is the most confounding and terrible, however, is Gretchen’s assertion that Slade, the anti-Viagra, doesn’t get involved with the women on his own accord, but only engages because the women always talk about him.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
And while the Picoult engages a tougher subject (a school shooting and its fallout), the other three titles in this crop are pure romantasy.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for engages
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Traditional philanthropy, once external to profit structures, now occupies the core of Magnolia Pearl’s identity.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Its Amsterdam location, for example, opened this year, occupies the city’s former Palace of Justice, originally built in 1665.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
4 Nov. 2025
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But the program faces uncertainty if the shutdown persists.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
2 Nov. 2025
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In the Charlotte City Council’s District 6, Republican Krista Bokhari faces Democrat Kimberly Owens.—
Josh Bergeron,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Nov. 2025
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How the agent works Aardvark continuously monitors source code repositories, analyzing commits, scanning for vulnerabilities, and prioritizing which ones matter most.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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Dolphins beating themselves Mike McDaniel blows a gasket after Larry Borom commits a false start and the Dolphins miss the field goal.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
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Sheridan’s deal employs him on the film side until March 2026 and in the television space through 2028.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Oct. 2025
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His social enterprise, Southside Blooms, transforms vacant lots into eco-friendly flower farms and employs 25 local young people to grow, arrange, and sell flowers at the group’s nonprofit flower shop.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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At this stage of the M&A sequence, a company hires financial advisors and, generally, prepares financial information to share with potential bidders.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
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As the rest of the world hires up for an AI future, the company once known as Facebook reportedly hopes to cut about 600 jobs in its artificial intelligence unit.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
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Harris Stage Lines immerses families into the world of the Wild West with stagecoach and horseback rides.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
23 Oct. 2025
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Catch a Show at Lime Kiln Theater A turn of the century limestone quarry and kiln has been transformed into a one-of-a-kind outdoor theater that immerses guests in the striking landscape.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Still, Luna’s harmonious trine to the sun in Scorpio reminds us that there’s so much more than meets the eye.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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This is the promise of the process developed by researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, which output a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), which meets all current industry standards without requiring blending with fossil fuels.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Legendary spymaster Al Pacino finds brilliant tech-head Colin Farrell and recruits him into the CIA, hinting strongly that the young man’s late father was also working for the organization.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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Herodotus recruits evidence from passages in the Iliad and the Odyssey to show that Homer himself knew at least fragments of this tale yet opted to tell another, better yarn.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Engages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engages. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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