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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 engineering
Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 23 May 2026
Zhang has previously stated that the company prioritizes full in-house development, covering everything from engine systems to materials engineering and overall vehicle design, while sourcing more than 90% of its components locally.
—New Atlas, 23 May 2026
Jamal Goss, CBS News, 4 May 2026
Senior computer engineering major Ayat Haque said parents can connect to the vehicle’s microcontroller via a Bluetooth app on their phone to control such features as speed.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
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Noun
The performance of the heat shield, widely recognized as perhaps the program’s most challenging engineering problem, must be reassuring for SpaceX officials seeking to eventually recover and rapidly reuse future ships.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 23 May 2026
Zhang has previously stated that the company prioritizes full in-house development, covering everything from engine systems to materials engineering and overall vehicle design, while sourcing more than 90% of its components locally.
—New Atlas, 23 May 2026
Verb
The project brings together nearly 60 students from a wide range of majors, from engineering to communications, all working toward a common goal.
—Jamal Goss, CBS News, 4 May 2026
Senior computer engineering major Ayat Haque said parents can connect to the vehicle’s microcontroller via a Bluetooth app on their phone to control such features as speed.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engineering
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That means repairing seawalls and bolstering shorelines, restoring wetlands, improving stormwater management and drainage, ensuring clean lakes, hardening infrastructure, and keeping homes and roadways out of the water.—
Anna V. Eskamani,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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This includes the cost of acquiring lands, construction costs, preconstruction engineering and design, construction management and contingencies, according to the plan.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
23 May 2026
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Trump negotiating a settlement to his own lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service that would set up the compensation fund for those perceived to be wrongly prosecuted — proved too toxic for the Senate to bear.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2026
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News reports would later surface that Keenan was negotiating with the Detroit Red Wings during the Rangers’ playoff run, but Olczyk and many of his teammates had already heard whispers.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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This system is intended to bridge a logistics gap between small drones and larger transport aircraft, giving Marines a flexible supply option in difficult environments.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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Authorities hope the redesign will boost foreign investment, the cornerstone of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s economic revival plan that has increased the influx of private capital into energy, water, and logistics infrastructure.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Faye probably calculated that the move, announced late on Friday, could bury his own political career but was worth the risk to break an impasse that has prevented the country plotting a path out of its debilitating debt crisis.—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
25 May 2026
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At a true farmers market, you’ll likely spot chefs inspecting greens, tasting fruits and plotting that night’s specials — the same approach is available to home cooks willing to shop seasonally and ask questions.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
22 May 2026
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The real manipulation of who gets a vote is in Brooklyn.—
Adam Davis,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2026
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Success will be measured by agreements and judgments that resolve big lawsuits, but also by changes in corporate behavior that leave consumers less vulnerable to manipulation and predation.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2026
Verb
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The malevolent Sidious put Maul through the wringer, torturing and manipulating him on his path to becoming a fearsome Sith Lord.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
19 May 2026
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Kinematic intelligence began with EPFL researchers motion-capturing humans setting, shoving, tossing, and otherwise manipulating objects.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 May 2026
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Bondi will reportedly help facilitate coordination between the federal government and technology executives serving on the panel.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
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The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a case about the way one of the Catholic Church‘s annual collections is presented to its congregation, allowing the case to proceed in a lower court despite concerns about the government infringing on religious autonomy.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
26 May 2026
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Loo and his family were also in the process of arranging shelter while evacuation orders remain in effect.—
Eric Licas,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2026
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Duff-Smith was executed in 1993 for arranging the murder of his mother in 1975.—
Erik Ortiz,
NBC news,
20 May 2026
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“Engineering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engineering. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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