ENGINEERING Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

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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

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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

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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

Different views on the topic The administration and its supporters reject the claim that their election efforts are aimed at disrupting or manipulating voting.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
That distinction is important as humanoid robots become increasingly capable of balancing, walking, and manipulating objects.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 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

Their attention to detail in the studio when arranging each member’s parts was like witnessing true geniuses at work.

— Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2026
In a clip first shared with Entertainment Weekly, the Oscar-winning filmmaker recalls arranging an appearance on Judge Judy involving the whole Spielberg clan — a 90th birthday gift to his late mother, Leah Adler, a huge fan of Sheindlin’s.

— Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of arranging

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