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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
Monos is among our editors' all-time favorite luggage brands, thanks to its clean, minimalist aesthetic and clever engineering. — Charley Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2026 The company is expanding its engineering workforce in Andover, Massachusetts, to support the SPY-6 program, with positions available for new graduates, experienced engineers and veterans. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
Verb
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for engineering
  1. management
  2. negotiating
  3. logistics
  4. plotting
  5. manipulation
  6. manipulating
  7. government
  8. arranging
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
Verb
  • Roughly 12 hours after LeBron announced his decision, longtime NBA reporter Chris Haynes broke the news that Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is negotiating a buyout with the Memphis Grizzlies and intends to join the Sixers once that's complete.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • The operational targets for 2026 depend on executing the multi-stage plasma validation tests, establishing performance metrics, expanding patent protections, and negotiating initial power placement agreements with commercial partners.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026
Definition of negotiating
Noun
  • Automating parts of a logistics workflow is not the same thing as building homes without construction workers.
    — Svenja Gudell, Fortune, 18 July 2026
  • Nuuly expanded the model into casual, everyday wardrobes by leveraging Urban Outfitters’ portfolio of brands, merchandising expertise, and logistics infrastructure.
    — Angela Chan-Danisi, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of logistics
Verb
  • Californian icon Hot Dog on a Stick is plotting a comeback with a new owner, new outlets and new meats on sticks.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026
  • Instead, Clytemnestra has been plotting his murder to avenge Iphigenia’s death.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 20 July 2026
Definition of plotting
Noun
  • Being collaborative, open, and flexible differentiates this type of communication from manipulation or bullying.
    — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • The difference, said Kornhaber, is Charli’s commitment to autonomy and her public manipulation of her own image.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Definition of manipulation
Verb
  • Pamela Smart, whose conviction for manipulating her teenage lover into killing her husband became one of America's most notorious murder cases, has asked a New Hampshire judge to let her latest bid for a new trial move forward.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
  • Football is all about engaño (trickery) — looking one way and passing the other, feinting to go left and swiftly moving right, manipulating the opposition and tricking them to open up those little spaces.
    — Xavi, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of manipulating
Noun
  • The Obama administration designated Haiti for TPS in January 2010 after an earthquake killed 316,000 people, as reported by the Haitian government.
    — Jay Weaver July 22, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • The federal government is giving $1,000 to children born between 2025 and 2028.
    — Cassidy Alexander, AJC.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of government
Verb
  • In an Instagram Story shared on her official page, the Duchess of Sussex could be seen slicing strawberries into heart shapes and arranging them on a red swirl bagel with a pink spread.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
  • Hamilton devoted herself to making sense of the stories, arranging them in some kind of order and sequence, ironing out contradictions.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
Definition of arranging

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