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
Tristan Bove, Fortune, 2 June 2026
While SpaceX and Blue Origin engineers work against the clock to prepare their respective spacecraft for the first moon landing since 1972, scores of scientists are addressing the myriad technological challenges future space explorers will face on long-duration missions to the moon and beyond.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
There are more women engineers, more women producing.
—Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2026
Two engineers were injured while moving to shelter.
—Tiago Ventura, Time, 2 June 2026
Those priority roles could range from mechanical, electrical, structural, civil, hydraulic, hydrologic, coastal and cost engineers to biologists, geologists, economists or architects and real estate specialists, all working to support national priority infrastructure projects.
—Brandi Bufford, USA Today, 2 June 2026
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
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
Citing employment data that has held steady in recent months, Slok said the push for AI adoption might actually be raising demand for jobs as firms hire more engineers and AI experts.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 2 June 2026
While SpaceX and Blue Origin engineers work against the clock to prepare their respective spacecraft for the first moon landing since 1972, scores of scientists are addressing the myriad technological challenges future space explorers will face on long-duration missions to the moon and beyond.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
There are more women engineers, more women producing.
—Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2026
Two engineers were injured while moving to shelter.
—Tiago Ventura, Time, 2 June 2026
Those priority roles could range from mechanical, electrical, structural, civil, hydraulic, hydrologic, coastal and cost engineers to biologists, geologists, economists or architects and real estate specialists, all working to support national priority infrastructure projects.
—Brandi Bufford, USA Today, 2 June 2026
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
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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To alleviate all that blockiness and bulk, the architects chiseled it like a block of marble, shaving here, notching there, bumping out, and pulling in to give it interest in the round.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
4 June 2026
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Some of Chicago’s most famous and influential architects were immigrants who shaped the city’s skyline era.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2026
Verb
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The fundraising comes as SpaceX negotiates to pay razor-thin fees to the Wall Street firms, though banks are still likely to rake in about $500 million.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
3 June 2026
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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
Verb
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Shakespeare’s comedies especially understand the joy of watching people get trapped in schemes and plots well beyond their control.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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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
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
Verb
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The Rams star quarterback manipulates opposing players with his eyes.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Williams acknowledges that there are fears about dubbing fixes being the thin end of a wedge that could lead to actors being replaced, even if Flawless’ AI only manipulates the face from the nose down.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
27 May 2026
Verb
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Aria even has a musical director, who arranges performances and special events and compiles soundtracks for individual stays.—
Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
4 June 2026
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Residents Medical arranges rotations with careful attention to specialty alignment.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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