ENGINEERING Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

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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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Ternus has hired Laura Legros, who served as a vice president of hardware engineering until retiring in 2022, according to people with knowledge of the matter. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026 In many technology initiatives, management and engineering are not actually disagreeing. — Nik Froehlich, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

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Regardless of which approach is more dominant a year from now, more autonomous workflows do not eliminate the need for engineering judgment. — ArsTechnica, 20 July 2026 That’s why researchers are engineering the cancer-fighting cells to be smarter, and stronger, with a better sugar shield. — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for engineering

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Noun

Court records show that in early 2022, Arbuckle managed a team of more than 20 and helped forecast loan demand across major sectors of the bank, including corporate, commercial, wealth management and small-business banking.

— Chase Jordan July 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
Maritime risk-management company Marisks on Wednesday said the affected vessels were moved outside the port.

— Salma Arafa, CNN Money, 30 July 2026

Definition of management

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By negotiating lower net prices for GLP-1 with drug manufacturers, CMS theoretically created a favorable condition for Part D plan participation in BALANCE.

— Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Casemiro's discovery rights were held by the LA Galaxy, and by league rule that would have prevented Inter Miami from negotiating with him.

— CBS News, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of negotiating

Verb

Germany did not make Forbes’ list of The Best Places To Retire Abroad In 2026, but France and Spain did (my son studied in Spain last year and has been plotting a return).

— Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, the situation at home is such that his wealth is being consumed by the Suitors, who are plotting against his son.

— Daniel Mendelsohn, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of plotting

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Sometimes the harder question is what to do when your co-parent’s behavior — the volatility, the manipulation, the refusal to put the children first — is the actual threat.

— Melissa Needle, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026
The Diplomat has expanded its scope to explore intimate stories of power and manipulation within its high-stakes political world.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of manipulation

Verb

By manipulating network traffic, the attackers redirect guests to fake sign-in pages without first sending a phishing email or compromising the PC.

— Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
What is your reaction to Drew being the one to rat you out about lying and manipulating Angela with your dead mother story?

— Matt Minton, Variety, 31 July 2026

Definition of manipulating

Noun

Tribal governments, whose compacts trade exclusivity for revenue shares, have their own version of the grievance, which is why four New Mexico tribes sued Kalshi in May on sovereignty grounds.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Armstrong's family bought the home in 1944 after his father had moved them about a dozen times with his job as a government auditor.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of government

Verb

Soon, a dozen volunteers gathered under the banner, arranging themselves according to height, like youngsters poised for a class portrait.

— Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026
Police footage featured in The Idaho Murders shows responding officers escorting Murphy out of the house and arranging for him to be taken to Animal Services.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 29 July 2026

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