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Recent Examples of engine
The crash occurred Monday night, shortly after the single-engine Cessna 172 took off from Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
The cause of the engine failure that preceded the crash is under investigation.
—Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Small businesses are often described as the engine of the American economy.
—Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2026
The engine will reduce sustainment costs.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 3 Mar. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
The cause of the engine failure that preceded the crash is under investigation.
—Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Small businesses are often described as the engine of the American economy.
—Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2026
The engine will reduce sustainment costs.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engine
Noun
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The result is chaos, and a few too many jokes about young people not knowing how to work a fax machine or manage paper.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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By the 1910s, futurist and cubist art adopted the bicycle as a representation of the fusion of humanity and machines in the modern era.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Details about the electric motor remain limited.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Mar. 2026
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The project recently received air turbine units, generators, electric motors, molten salt storage tanks, and other core equipment from Shanghai Electric.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engine. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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