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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as in negotiates
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
Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The engineers tapped a few figures into their laptops, let autopilot do the rest.
—Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
The deal further gives the firm access to ANL’s experienced nuclear reprocessing scientists, engineers, as well as research facilities.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 26 May 2026
Microsoft earlier this month reportedly began canceling most of its direct Claude Code licenses, according to The Verge, instead moving engineers toward using GitHub Copilot CLI.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 26 May 2026
How are scientists and engineers reacting?
—Eric Welch, The Conversation, 19 May 2026
Their engineers tried to eject the satellite’s active nuclear reactor into space before the vehicle crashed back to Earth, but to no avail.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
The company grew to over 500 employees globally over the past year, including adding a second office in Glilot, Israel, housing software engineers, AI specialists, cybersecurity experts, and DevOps professionals.
—Michelle Castillo, CNBC, 19 May 2026
The unions, which represent locomotive engineers, machinists, signalmen and others, have said more substantial raises are warranted to help workers keep up with inflation and rising living costs.
—Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Setup is seamless thanks to AI Sonic Auto Room Calibration, which engineers the audio to your specific space.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 19 Mar. 2026
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
Noun
The company encouraged adoption and ran internal leaderboards ranking engineers by Claude Code activity.
—Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The engineers tapped a few figures into their laptops, let autopilot do the rest.
—Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
The deal further gives the firm access to ANL’s experienced nuclear reprocessing scientists, engineers, as well as research facilities.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 26 May 2026
Microsoft earlier this month reportedly began canceling most of its direct Claude Code licenses, according to The Verge, instead moving engineers toward using GitHub Copilot CLI.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 26 May 2026
How are scientists and engineers reacting?
—Eric Welch, The Conversation, 19 May 2026
Their engineers tried to eject the satellite’s active nuclear reactor into space before the vehicle crashed back to Earth, but to no avail.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
The company grew to over 500 employees globally over the past year, including adding a second office in Glilot, Israel, housing software engineers, AI specialists, cybersecurity experts, and DevOps professionals.
—Michelle Castillo, CNBC, 19 May 2026
The unions, which represent locomotive engineers, machinists, signalmen and others, have said more substantial raises are warranted to help workers keep up with inflation and rising living costs.
—Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Verb
Our enterprising Gravedigger, a true woman of science, engineers a lizard elixir and regenerates the finger into a long tentacle that eventually demands a body.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Setup is seamless thanks to AI Sonic Auto Room Calibration, which engineers the audio to your specific space.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 19 Mar. 2026
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
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At the same time, fencing is also touting is status as an Ivy League favorite, a discipline that has historically appealed to artists and egghead-y types including engineers, architects, finance and technical wizards, as well as artists.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
28 May 2026
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Visitors are not just stepping inside a historic church, but into a building still being completed by later generations of architects, craftspeople and engineers.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Verb
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What Senate Bill 3496 would create isn’t a one-time savings event but a durable, compounding mechanism for relief, a pipeline that expands every year as Medicare negotiates more drugs and Illinois extends those savings to everyone, not just seniors.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
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The cost of the resolution phase, when the company negotiates with the IRS on your behalf, can also be a flat fee or a percentage of your total tax debt (typically 10% to 15%).—
John Csiszar,
CNBC,
22 May 2026
Verb
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Goldman here plots the earnings-revisions trend for 2027 among AI-infrastructure plays, energy companies, the overall S & P 500 and the rest of the S & P outside of AI and energy.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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While the story is fundamentally the same as the original production — man discovers wife is having an affair, man then plots for his wife’s murder, man then must evade the cops — Hatcher brings the story to the 21st century in many ways.—
Amy Reyes
May 14,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Crystal’s fluid staging, full of agile and vibrant design choices, smoothly maneuvers the action.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
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Master maneuvers examiners score highest, such as properly changing lanes, parallel parking and three-point turns.—
Don Sweeney
April 28,
Sacbee.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Her husband manipulates her, her best friend hates her, her sister derides her; her entire existence is thin and precarious.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
23 May 2026
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Researchers from Doshisha University in Japan have found that the bat does not merely survive this sensory overload, but also actively manipulates its environment to overcome the clutter and locate its prey.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
Verb
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In Bilt’s model, Kerr said, a member books through Resy or OpenTable, the system automatically arranges a Lyft to the restaurant, payment processes through Toast at the table, and the loyalty points post — without anyone coordinating the chain.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
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Next, Butac arranges a bunch of the beans on two trays and roasts them for a specific amount of time before separating the shells from the beans and then running the bean fragments, also known as nibs, through a mill.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
10 May 2026
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