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to plan out usually with subtle skill or care
the mayor engineered an agreement to have a major league team play in our city
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Recent Examples of engineered
Farshid Vahedifard, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025
Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
But each also places new strain on a grid that was never engineered to accommodate them.
—Brian Barlow, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
The jury ordered Meta and YouTube to pay a total of $3 million in compensatory damages plus additional punitive damages to a woman, now 20 years old, who said their platforms were engineered to addict her and caused her body dysmorphia, anxiety and suicidal thoughts.
—Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
It was edited by Jess Jiang, fact-checked by Sierra Juarez and engineered by Cena Loffredo.
—Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
Material World is a weekly roundup of innovations and ideas within the materials sector, covering what’s changing in how fashion is made, scaled or engineered from emerging biomaterials and alternative leathers to sustainable substitutes and future-proof fibers.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
The events of the past three months seem almost perfectly engineered to spark campus unrest.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
At heart, these are traditional workstation graphics cards engineered to handle compute-intensive workloads.
—Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
It was engineered over decades.
—Dan Bilefsky, HollywoodReporter, 21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Without much public debate or planning, these semi-engineered levees took on a critical and unintended role.
—Farshid Vahedifard, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025
Verb
Its main platform adopts a semi-submersible twin-hull design, engineered for stability in harsh sea conditions while enabling large-scale testing of deep-sea equipment weighing hundreds of tons.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
But each also places new strain on a grid that was never engineered to accommodate them.
—Brian Barlow, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
The jury ordered Meta and YouTube to pay a total of $3 million in compensatory damages plus additional punitive damages to a woman, now 20 years old, who said their platforms were engineered to addict her and caused her body dysmorphia, anxiety and suicidal thoughts.
—Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
It was edited by Jess Jiang, fact-checked by Sierra Juarez and engineered by Cena Loffredo.
—Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
Material World is a weekly roundup of innovations and ideas within the materials sector, covering what’s changing in how fashion is made, scaled or engineered from emerging biomaterials and alternative leathers to sustainable substitutes and future-proof fibers.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
The events of the past three months seem almost perfectly engineered to spark campus unrest.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
At heart, these are traditional workstation graphics cards engineered to handle compute-intensive workloads.
—Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
It was engineered over decades.
—Dan Bilefsky, HollywoodReporter, 21 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for engineered
Adjective
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Mazzola, 43, also allegedly participated in an armed robbery to steal a manipulated shuffling machine.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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An in-season agent swap could help facilitate a reasonable deal, too, since Robertson’s new agent, Andy Scott of Octagon, has already negotiated long-term deals in Dallas for Wyatt Johnston, Rantanen and Harley.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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The deal was negotiated by UTA Independent Film Group on behalf of the filmmakers.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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One of them, Hip Optical, which touts designer eyewear at non-designer prices, opened earlier this year across from the Apple Store and near True Food Kitchen and BJ’s Brewhouse.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
24 May 2024
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The order arrived as a white, non-designer T-shirt, size 2XL.—
Sha Hua,
WSJ,
21 June 2022
Verb
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The vendors could be selling from tents arranged in the parking lot surrounding a local community center or city hall.—
C.W. Cameron,
AJC.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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The next iteration of Omar’s tetela will be filled with fresh fava beans and arranged with mushrooms.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Gulf countries import most of their food and manufactured products, and rely on open shipping lanes to export — in addition to hydrocarbons — aluminum, fertilizers, and other goods.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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If the space is challenging, then a pre-manufactured model may not work.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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It’s familiarly plotted, sure, but efficiently acted.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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Hodges plotted an aggressive offseason program for the two to take significant steps to playing with more confidence and understanding in 2026.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The company in 2020 pleaded guilty to distributing adulterated ice-cream products and agreed to pay a fine over the outbreak.—
Dylan Tokar,
WSJ,
2 Feb. 2023
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And while most of those overdoses involved the illicit synthetic opioid fentanyl, experts say that an adulterated and contaminated drug supply is also leading to deaths.—
Nadia Kounang,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2022
Adjective
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So is the neighbor who was pressured by police to corroborate a concocted story.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Engineered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engineered. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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