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adjective

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as in manipulated

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verb

past tense of engineer
as in negotiated
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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“Engineered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engineered. Accessed 28 Mar. 2023.

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