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noun

Definition of engineeringnext
as in management

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verb

present participle of engineer
as in negotiating
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 engineering
Noun
On Monday, the town's board of trustees announced unanimous approval to move forward with an engineering firm in Bow Mar. — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 Some people familiar with the matter also said engineering deadlines for Project Helix have been moved up by at least several months, putting pressure on development teams to get the work done faster, including by using AI. — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
For the techies engineering our future, talking to actual women can be a daunting prospect. — Nicholas Clairmont, Air Mail, 10 Oct. 2026 Hitler was even suspected of engineering a pre-election surprise. — Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for engineering
Recent Examples of Synonyms for engineering
  1. management
  2. negotiating
  3. logistics
  4. plotting
  5. manipulation
  6. manipulating
  7. government
  8. arranging
Noun
  • In doing so, the emirate has built resilience through diversified desalination, energy demand management, and long-term infrastructure planning.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Its eventual deployment could help the university explore how emerging aircraft fit into policing, emergency management, and engineering education.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of management
Verb
  • Technical knowledge can be taught and examined but the skills Freebairn values most, such as influencing, persuading, and negotiating, cannot.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The administration may be negotiating even more stakes under the radar, since SEC filings for unrelated deals mention the possibility of warrants.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of negotiating
Noun
  • The roadmap calls for a terminal there using Iranian investment, along with warehouses, a logistics park and grain and vegetable-oil facilities.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Automating parts of a logistics workflow is not the same thing as building homes without construction workers.
    — Svenja Gudell, Fortune, 18 July 2026
Definition of logistics
Verb
  • Two teenage girls spent months plotting a mass shooting in Riverside County, officials say.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The distinction matters because operating an unmanned vessel requires more than plotting a route.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of plotting
Noun
  • The pushing and lifting capabilities represent two distinct aspects of its manipulation performance.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • And it’s led to all kinds of manipulation with stock buybacks and other kinds of things.
    — John E. McDonough, STAT, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of manipulation
Verb
  • She was also seen taking photos and manipulating notebooks on the victim’s desk, the police affidavit said.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Gandhi has alleged that the SIR is an instrument for manipulating elections.
    — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of manipulating
Noun
  • Last week, a federal judge granted the news outlets their request for a preliminary injunction against the government ban as the case moves through the legal system.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Filling a government gap The new pledge comes as governments fall far behind their own nature-funding targets.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of government
Verb
  • Yana also admitted arranging questionable free transportation for his supporters at his political rallies.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • As with the traditional Rubik’s Cube, players wrestle with arranging the small square pieces into a 3 x 3 x 3 square.
    — Richard Eisenberg, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of arranging

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