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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
Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
It was edited by Jess Jiang, fact-checked by Sierra Juarez, and engineered by Robert Rodriguez, with help from Patrick Murray.
—NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
And the vehicles simply look and feel like they’re engineered to a high standard.
—Brett Berk, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025
Those sensors have also been engineered to self-clean throughout a journey so that snow and ice aren’t able to accumulate fast enough to disrupt the vehicle’s line of sight, according to Tretter.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
For the past 25 years the infrastructure of the internet has been engineered to extract advertising revenue.
—Joe Marchese, Executive Chairman, Human Ventures, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
To support this advanced AI, the researchers also engineered the necessary heavy-duty hardware.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
Harbaugh engineered some big surprises as a quarterback, too — both in college at Michigan and with the NFL’s Colts.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
With powerful video models now available to anyone with a browser, the internet will soon flood with high-volume, high-intensity clips engineered for shock, irony, or dopamine.
—Victor Riparbelli, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
Mountain Dew Baja Blast was engineered specifically for Taco Bell, launching in 2004 in partnership with PepsiCo, the parent company of Mountain Dew, according to reports.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
It was edited by Jess Jiang, fact-checked by Sierra Juarez, and engineered by Robert Rodriguez, with help from Patrick Murray.
—NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
And the vehicles simply look and feel like they’re engineered to a high standard.
—Brett Berk, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025
Those sensors have also been engineered to self-clean throughout a journey so that snow and ice aren’t able to accumulate fast enough to disrupt the vehicle’s line of sight, according to Tretter.
—Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
For the past 25 years the infrastructure of the internet has been engineered to extract advertising revenue.
—Joe Marchese, Executive Chairman, Human Ventures, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
To support this advanced AI, the researchers also engineered the necessary heavy-duty hardware.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
Harbaugh engineered some big surprises as a quarterback, too — both in college at Michigan and with the NFL’s Colts.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
With powerful video models now available to anyone with a browser, the internet will soon flood with high-volume, high-intensity clips engineered for shock, irony, or dopamine.
—Victor Riparbelli, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
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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Samuel Zimmerman negotiated the acquisition for Independent Film Company and Shudder, while Blue Finch Films represented the filmmakers.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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The deal was negotiated by CEO Andre Relis and COO Jessica Russo of VMI and Chee Keong Cheung on behalf of Action Xtreme.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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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Dickey also has to try to balance getting at least six home games per year while honoring the home-and-home series that have been arranged.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Nov. 2025
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The Department of Children's Services has arranged for the children to stay with a relative.—
Andy Humbles,
Nashville Tennessean,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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With a bit of creativity and planning, stock cabinets (also known as pre-manufactured cabinets) can serve as the foundation for personalized storage throughout a house—even in the basement.—
Kathy Barnes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Oct. 2025
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Earlier this year, farmworkers began moving into the 47-unit Stone Pine Cove development of pre-manufactured homes, which is separate from this project, but additional housing is still needed as agricultural production rebounds.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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At the same time, Austrian Nazis plotted a coup, plans for which were uncovered in a raid on their headquarters on January 25.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Satoru Gojo, the strongest jujutsu sorcerer, arrived to address the chaos, but curse users and spirits plotted to seal him away.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
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
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“Engineered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engineered. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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