as in architects
a person who designs and guides a plan or undertaking
the engineer of a movement to eradicate hunger
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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 engineers
Big Think, 11 Mar. 2026
That mismatch has long limited how efficiently engineers can combine their output.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Mar. 2026
The film accompanies four young people — two from Linares and two Chinese engineers — just as the old Santana factory, a symbol of the city, reopens.
—Ed Meza, Variety, 10 Mar. 2026
What might follow would be the insertion of military engineers to exploit the scene to locate the uranium, but Mulroy says better intelligence is needed.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, in the middle of the nation’s public transit capital, the same engineers want to expand the shadow of the Cross Bronx, using maintenance and safety standards as convenient covers while further dividing and sickening communities.
—Gustavo Rivera, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026
The prestigious project would span two years and require the help of more than 400 scientists, engineers, and craftspeople.
—Jennifer Baum Lagdameo, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2026
There were no software engineers in the company.
—Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
Two notable in-person sessions listed feature the founder of Moonshot and engineers from ByteDance Seed.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
The official alleged that the paper engineers a finding by excluding evidence and designing a study with a bias toward showing no association.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 16 Jan. 2026
Big Tech now engineers a perpetual state of insecurity by creating relentless technological churn, rendering our skills and safety measures obsolete, only to then sell us the tools to catch up.
—Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The study, conducted over several years, uses an approach that engineers artificial proteins (referred to as ion channels) in the brain that are activated by and bound to cocaine.
—Noah Lyons, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
The study, conducted over several years, uses an approach that engineers artificial proteins (referred to as ion channels) in the brain that are activated by and bound to cocaine.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
The Colts are stuck in QB purgatory unless Anthony Richardson engineers a massive turnaround.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
There was the loss of many of the discipline engineers who were necessary to assess the labor requirements for the mission.
—Big Think, 11 Mar. 2026
That mismatch has long limited how efficiently engineers can combine their output.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Mar. 2026
The film accompanies four young people — two from Linares and two Chinese engineers — just as the old Santana factory, a symbol of the city, reopens.
—Ed Meza, Variety, 10 Mar. 2026
What might follow would be the insertion of military engineers to exploit the scene to locate the uranium, but Mulroy says better intelligence is needed.
—Luis Martinez, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, in the middle of the nation’s public transit capital, the same engineers want to expand the shadow of the Cross Bronx, using maintenance and safety standards as convenient covers while further dividing and sickening communities.
—Gustavo Rivera, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026
The prestigious project would span two years and require the help of more than 400 scientists, engineers, and craftspeople.
—Jennifer Baum Lagdameo, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2026
There were no software engineers in the company.
—Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
Two notable in-person sessions listed feature the founder of Moonshot and engineers from ByteDance Seed.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
Verb
Tender’s assets Tender CEO Whitney Halberstram (Max Minghella) engineers the downfall of co-founder Jonah Atterbury (Kal Penn) and eventually leaves Henry holding the bag for the company’s fraud.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
The official alleged that the paper engineers a finding by excluding evidence and designing a study with a bias toward showing no association.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 16 Jan. 2026
Big Tech now engineers a perpetual state of insecurity by creating relentless technological churn, rendering our skills and safety measures obsolete, only to then sell us the tools to catch up.
—Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The study, conducted over several years, uses an approach that engineers artificial proteins (referred to as ion channels) in the brain that are activated by and bound to cocaine.
—Noah Lyons, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
The study, conducted over several years, uses an approach that engineers artificial proteins (referred to as ion channels) in the brain that are activated by and bound to cocaine.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
The Colts are stuck in QB purgatory unless Anthony Richardson engineers a massive turnaround.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for engineers
Noun
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But in recent years, they’ve been turned into studios for architects and designers and other creatives whose floor-to-ceiling windows face one another under Chinatown’s bright sky.—
Xuan Juliana Wang,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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To support the families’ search efforts, Correa founded the Office of Documentary Research, a collective of geographers, architects, and artists.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Their goal — to demand better wages and improved working conditions as American Airlines negotiates a new contract at the airport.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Mar. 2026
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Once a shortlist is established, The PEO Link negotiates terms, presents structured comparisons, and supports implementation.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In 1893, Scottish-Canadian author, Robert Barr, wrote a short story about an unhappy married couple that was vacationing in the Swiss Alps when the husband plots to push his wife off of a cliff.—
Mary Beth Skylis,
Outside,
26 Feb. 2026
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Various accusations were leveled against the owners of both groups during the course of the hearing, with two operators of Cesar Rainey Street being implicated in drug trafficking and arson plots separately.—
Paul Flahive,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But at these Olympics, they’ve been seen from above, as a drone operator — a former ski jumper himself — maneuvers a drone behind a skier at the moment of liftoff, high above the ground.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
14 Feb. 2026
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Laura is able to shove Cherry hard enough to pry Daniel away from her and lock her in the room, but Cherry jumps out of the balcony, sacrificing her ankle, and maneuvers herself back into the house.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Just like Rodgers did a decade earlier, Prescott manipulates the flat defender (circled in red) and hits CeeDee Lamb in stride just behind the linebacker.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Throughout the process, the robot simultaneously navigates, avoids obstacles, and manipulates objects without human guidance.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Uber already arranges Waymo rides on its app in Austin, Atlanta and Phoenix.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Alternatively, fly into Johannesburg and connect to Polokwane, where the lodge arranges a 90-minute road transfer.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Engineers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engineers. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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