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Recent Examples of engine
Glow-in-the-dark outsoles represent glowing engine headers, and the shoe’s color-shifting eggplant purple upper takes a page from custom car wraps.
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Riley Jones, Footwear News, 7 Jan. 2026
As for grunt, the new biz jet gets its juice from a pair of Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545D engines, allowing the aircraft to dart to a max speed of 441 knots.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2026
Their intimate understanding of what Black people wanted and needed – for their hair and for their lives – helped grow the Black middle class and became an engine for Black culture and power.
—Sonari Glinton, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
On one of the final days of the semester, Raymundo peered into his Infiniti J30’s engine bay, searching for the issue that had troubled the car.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
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Riley Jones, Footwear News, 7 Jan. 2026
As for grunt, the new biz jet gets its juice from a pair of Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545D engines, allowing the aircraft to dart to a max speed of 441 knots.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2026
Their intimate understanding of what Black people wanted and needed – for their hair and for their lives – helped grow the Black middle class and became an engine for Black culture and power.
—Sonari Glinton, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
On one of the final days of the semester, Raymundo peered into his Infiniti J30’s engine bay, searching for the issue that had troubled the car.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engine
Noun
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Another worker operates the machine’s main controller, using a programming scheme for 3D printers called G-code to tell the printer what to build and how to build it.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Either can cause buildup in both machines and on clothes.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Since then, motor and battery technology have improved dramatically.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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In the past, these gas stations doubled as grocery stores and provided S & H green stamps and full auto service, like washing windows and checking motor oil and tire pressure.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engine. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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