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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
Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2026
Food was not something engineered.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
These six-foot walls of mud engineered to hold tidal water still stand just below the water’s surface.
—Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
It was edited by Jess Jiang, fact-checked by Sierra Juarez, and engineered by Robert Rodriguez.
—Willa Rubin, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
At the event, the company also showcased the Project Operion concept – a mobile, platform-agnostic operating theatre engineered for rapid forward deployment.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
Luckily, laxatives like Dulcolax are engineered to work both on- and off-world.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Apr. 2026
Rob Smierciak engineered and provided original music.
—Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
Head coach Dusty May has engineered a remarkable turnaround for the Wolverines.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 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
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, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2026
Food was not something engineered.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
These six-foot walls of mud engineered to hold tidal water still stand just below the water’s surface.
—Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
It was edited by Jess Jiang, fact-checked by Sierra Juarez, and engineered by Robert Rodriguez.
—Willa Rubin, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
At the event, the company also showcased the Project Operion concept – a mobile, platform-agnostic operating theatre engineered for rapid forward deployment.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
Luckily, laxatives like Dulcolax are engineered to work both on- and off-world.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Apr. 2026
Rob Smierciak engineered and provided original music.
—Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
Head coach Dusty May has engineered a remarkable turnaround for the Wolverines.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for engineered
Adjective
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What emerged was a startling portrait of manipulated devotion that culminated in Jeffs' 2006 arrest by the FBI.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Apr. 2026
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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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The Host City agreement signed by outgoing Mayor Eric Garcetti deferred such unpleasant details to be negotiated later.—
Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
15 Apr. 2026
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Chan Phung, Head of Acquisitions, and Ben Wilkinson, VP Business Affairs, negotiated the deal on behalf of Searchlight with Temple Hill Entertainment and UTA Independent Film Group.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
15 Apr. 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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Shuttle services have been arranged to transport journalists between the media center and a hotel in the city’s main shopping mall.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Shipping can always be arranged—at a price.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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New South Wales, replacing Spain and the German states as Britain’s source of wool, was drawn more closely into the British imperial network as an outlet for migrants and a market for investment capital and manufactured products.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 Mar. 2026
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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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Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s spy chief, who is accused of having plotted a coup attempt to keep his boss in power.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Apr. 2026
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Russian secret services plotted to interfere and tip the election in Orbán's favor, according to numerous media reports, including The Washington Post.—
Compiled byDemocrat-Gazette stafffrom wire reports,
Arkansas Online,
13 Apr. 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 21 Apr. 2026.
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