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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
The California National Guard will be ready to support flood response, search-and-rescue, engineering and logistics missions. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026 Both are real, and the space between them is where a great deal of engineering budget is disappearing. — Steve Taplin, Forbes.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
This is how humanitarian technologies help shape the future of engineering itself. — Mary Ellen Randall, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Sep. 2026 Orange County has been rehabbing critical pump stations that are needed if floodwaters threaten neighborhoods, said Hugo Pineda, engineering deputy director for operations and maintenance at the public works agency. — Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 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
  • According to the company, its report contract draws on data from Kalshi’s API, PitchBook’s internal data, Dune databases, government filings, management commentary, and public peers’ disclosures.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine are also available, such as herbal medicine consultations and a pain management program.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of management
Verb
  • Blizzard insinuated that Paramount blackmailed California into negotiating a settlement by threatening to leave the state, a common talking point raised by Bonta.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Continuing to fight or pressure Iran economically is unlikely to yield a better outcome than negotiating.
    — RICHARD HAASS, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 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
  • The movie’s antihero, Doug (Will Brill), is a middle school theater teacher plotting his revenge against his ex-girlfriend Abigail (Gillian Jacobs), also a teacher — and her new boyfriend, the more charming Principal Brady (Rob Lowe).
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In other words, your friend may be absorbing your taste without plotting a hostile takeover of your life, Single White Female style.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Glamour, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of plotting
Noun
  • The affable Belgian designer applied twisting, wrapping and textile manipulation with gusto to Diesel as well, in addition to plenty of fabric experimentation and trompe-l’oeil effects.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Critics also questioned whether the bill provided sufficient safeguards against fraud, money laundering and market manipulation.
    — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of manipulation
Verb
  • Maeve wakes up unhinged, manipulating her not-grandson Eddie (Anson Boon) and relishing a gunfight that leaves a hole in her husband’s chest like a typical partner might celebrate a birthday party.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Posters are editing and manipulating the recordings to distort their content.
    — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of manipulating
Noun
  • Twenty whales -- 19 belugas and one killer whale -- had died at Marineland since 2019, according to provincial government data obtained through freedom of information laws and official statements.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Plenty of junior aides know things, and plenty of people who talk to people who work in the White House or work in a government agency know things.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of government
Verb
  • The short clip highlights a lavish chandelier and floral centerpieces, and even shows Melania carefully arranging elegant silverware and glassware on the dinner table.
    — StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 19 Sep. 2026
  • For this development, the team worked with two-dimensional hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites, arranging alternating organic and inorganic layers into precise crystalline structures.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of arranging

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