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
Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Instead of avoiding enemy air defenses through low observability, Soviet engineers sought to create a bomber capable of outrunning threats, carrying massive payloads, and launching long-range weapons from stand-off distances.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
23 June 2026
There was little daylight among our clinicians, salespeople and engineers; everyone shared the same vocabulary, understood the same constraints and felt accountable for the same outcomes.
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Chris Kiple,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
In order to install a one-foot-wide solid median to stop head-on collisions, the engineers made a plan to shave six inches off of the inside lanes, bringing them down from 10 feet wide to 9 and a half feet wide.
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Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
GraviTrax Marble Run Starter Set Budding engineers, architects, and designers will love this futuristic take on a classic marble run.
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Parents,
23 June 2026
Still, ServiceTitan has $960 million in revenue and its own engineers.
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Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
In a related move that extends recognition for songwriters, contributors to winning albums in most genre album categories will now receive Grammy statuettes and Achievement Certificates, which producers and engineers already receive.
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Jem Aswad,
Variety,
16 June 2026
Around the world, innovative architects, scientists, and engineers are exploring building techniques and materials that can create places to live without hastening climate change.
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Elizabeth Fazzare,
Architectural Digest,
16 June 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
While earlier concepts called for flip-up chairback seating throughout the stadium, engineers determined the historic venue's existing structure could not accommodate those seats without significantly reducing capacity or requiring major reconstruction.
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Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Instead of avoiding enemy air defenses through low observability, Soviet engineers sought to create a bomber capable of outrunning threats, carrying massive payloads, and launching long-range weapons from stand-off distances.
—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
23 June 2026
There was little daylight among our clinicians, salespeople and engineers; everyone shared the same vocabulary, understood the same constraints and felt accountable for the same outcomes.
—
Chris Kiple,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
In order to install a one-foot-wide solid median to stop head-on collisions, the engineers made a plan to shave six inches off of the inside lanes, bringing them down from 10 feet wide to 9 and a half feet wide.
—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
GraviTrax Marble Run Starter Set Budding engineers, architects, and designers will love this futuristic take on a classic marble run.
—
Parents,
23 June 2026
Still, ServiceTitan has $960 million in revenue and its own engineers.
—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
In a related move that extends recognition for songwriters, contributors to winning albums in most genre album categories will now receive Grammy statuettes and Achievement Certificates, which producers and engineers already receive.
—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
16 June 2026
Around the world, innovative architects, scientists, and engineers are exploring building techniques and materials that can create places to live without hastening climate change.
—
Elizabeth Fazzare,
Architectural Digest,
16 June 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.
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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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Arsenia hopes the milestone will include a yearlong series of events highlighting Black architects, builders, scientists and artists whose contributions helped shape communities across the country.
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The new London Museum was designed by Stanton Williams and Asif Khan in collaboration with the conservation architects Julian Harrap.
Verb
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Canada negotiates lower drug prices for all its citizens under its universal health care system.
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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.
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While Burnham plots his next move, the UK government now enters a new period of uncertainty, potentially facing a sixth prime minister in seven years.
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An engineer plots a well’s falling output, fits a curve, and projects it forward.
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Crystal’s fluid staging, full of agile and vibrant design choices, smoothly maneuvers the action.
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Master maneuvers examiners score highest, such as properly changing lanes, parallel parking and three-point turns.
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Okorie is the best driving guard in the class, a 6-1 jitterbug who manipulates defenders with a tight handle, sudden changes of speed, and an advanced feel for the game.
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Facial massage manipulates big muscles in the face, such as the masseters, temporalis and platysma, as well as fascia.
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And then someone arranges logistics and provides the weapon.
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Aria even has a musical director, who arranges performances and special events and compiles soundtracks for individual stays.
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“Engineers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engineers. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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