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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
Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
High interest rates, engineered by the Federal Reserve to combat a burst of inflation following the COVID-19 pandemic, also weighed on the job market in 2025.
—Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The invention is engineered to recover its original shape and position once the shaking stops.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026
Otto Rehhagel engineered four industrious victories against hosts Portugal (in both the group stage and the semis), France and the Czech Republic, with goals from corners winning them their semi-final and the final by 1-0 scorelines.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
For Whitney Pilzer, the music supervisor behind Paramount+’s supernatural mystery series since its first season, moments like that one aren’t engineered.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
Beats Earbuds Deal The Beats Studio Buds + earbuds are engineered for those who refuse to compromise on sound or stamina.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 5 Mar. 2026
Vast's Haven stations are engineered to deliver safe, cost-effective access to microgravity research and in-space manufacturing, empowering government and commercial partners to unlock the full commercial promise of this next era for space.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 5 Mar. 2026
We were not meant to walk on hard surfaces and aetrex orthotics are engineered to fill in all the spaces between your foot, and the ground to give you complete comfort and relieve foot and back pain.
—Tory Johnson, ABC News, 28 Feb. 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
Burkle twice was involved in attempts to purchase the Kings, according to previous Sacramento Bee reporting, one of which was engineered in large part by Anderson.
—Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
High interest rates, engineered by the Federal Reserve to combat a burst of inflation following the COVID-19 pandemic, also weighed on the job market in 2025.
—Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The invention is engineered to recover its original shape and position once the shaking stops.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026
Otto Rehhagel engineered four industrious victories against hosts Portugal (in both the group stage and the semis), France and the Czech Republic, with goals from corners winning them their semi-final and the final by 1-0 scorelines.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
For Whitney Pilzer, the music supervisor behind Paramount+’s supernatural mystery series since its first season, moments like that one aren’t engineered.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
Beats Earbuds Deal The Beats Studio Buds + earbuds are engineered for those who refuse to compromise on sound or stamina.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 5 Mar. 2026
Vast's Haven stations are engineered to deliver safe, cost-effective access to microgravity research and in-space manufacturing, empowering government and commercial partners to unlock the full commercial promise of this next era for space.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 5 Mar. 2026
We were not meant to walk on hard surfaces and aetrex orthotics are engineered to fill in all the spaces between your foot, and the ground to give you complete comfort and relieve foot and back pain.
—Tory Johnson, ABC News, 28 Feb. 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
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The county’s risk-assessment attorneys had negotiated a settlement for about $6 million that would have resolved all of the cases, but the Board of Supervisors rejected it in August 2021 and hired Sheppard-Mullin to defend the county.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
11 Mar. 2026
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The deal was negotiated between Frank Jaffe from Altered Innocence and Monica Ciarli from Minerva Pictures.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
11 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
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Building an ultrathin nickelate with atomic precision The team focused on a compound called La₃Ni₂O₇, a nickelate made of nickel and oxygen atoms arranged in layered structures.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026
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Standard rooms are large by New York City standards, and smartly arranged for maximum floor space.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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
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The exposure of political smoke screens The uprising also exposed manufactured alternatives.—
Kazem Kazerounian,
Hartford Courant,
18 Jan. 2026
Verb
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At a retreat in Florida, the House GOP plotted its next steps — but the path ahead is murky, and elections are looming.—
Marianna Sotomayor,
Washington Post,
11 Mar. 2026
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Reuters/Elijah Nouvelage Authorities say the teen carefully plotted the shooting at his Barrow County high school, including allegedly leaving a notebook with handwritten instructions detailing the steps to prepare for the violence and a diagram of his classroom.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
3 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 12 Mar. 2026.
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