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
Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2025
Since its founding, the agency has transformed from a scrappy collection of engineers into the world’s most iconic space organization.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2025
In fact, this anomaly was actually first discovered by engineers who worked at the oil company Atlantic Richfield.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Two engineers were fired from an AI startup in San Francisco for not using an AI coding tool enough, The Information reported.
—NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
The steelworkers represent licensed vocational nurses, medical assistants, engineers, pharmacy staff and lab staff, clerical, dietary and environmental services workers, technical staff, and other frontline professionals.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
Prussing is a senior consultant and client manager at a Kansas City area recruitment firm for engineers, according to his LinkedIn.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
Kovatchev and other engineers would need their algorithms to account for insulin already at work in the bloodstream as well as administered hormone that had not yet started to lower blood glucose.
—Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Professors, writers, journalists, engineers, public servants—around a hundred of them—have been killed.
—Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
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
However, Duan cautions against thinking that AI will replace engineers.
—Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2025
Since its founding, the agency has transformed from a scrappy collection of engineers into the world’s most iconic space organization.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2025
In fact, this anomaly was actually first discovered by engineers who worked at the oil company Atlantic Richfield.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Two engineers were fired from an AI startup in San Francisco for not using an AI coding tool enough, The Information reported.
—NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
The steelworkers represent licensed vocational nurses, medical assistants, engineers, pharmacy staff and lab staff, clerical, dietary and environmental services workers, technical staff, and other frontline professionals.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
Prussing is a senior consultant and client manager at a Kansas City area recruitment firm for engineers, according to his LinkedIn.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
Kovatchev and other engineers would need their algorithms to account for insulin already at work in the bloodstream as well as administered hormone that had not yet started to lower blood glucose.
—Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Professors, writers, journalists, engineers, public servants—around a hundred of them—have been killed.
—Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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Wright, who was born in Wisconsin in 1867, died at age 91 in 1959 as one of the world’s most famous architects, having designed more than 1,000 buildings.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
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Past presidents, however, consulted advisers and architects, along with groups like the White House Historical Association and the Committee for the Preservation of the White House in addition to working with the commission, which is currently closed as part of the government shutdown.—
Emily Goodin,
Miami Herald,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Rather than dictating rates to providers, Unity negotiates reimbursements tied to Medicare benchmarks.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Faulí now runs a team of eleven architects, and also negotiates the politics of a project that has numerous stakeholders.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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As such, Adam starts to turn Jamie Tanner (David Duchovny) and Nat (Carice Van Houten) against each other and secretly plots to bring down the entire family.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
23 Oct. 2025
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Boxing’s heavyweight division could be set for another shift as Oleksandr Usyk plots his return to the ring in 2026.—
Antonio Losada,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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
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In the next part of the scene, Gabriel maneuvers the plane into a roll, forcing Ethan, who is still clinging to the seatbelt, to slam into the side of the plane.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Don't Look Now manipulates audiences' minds, mixing elements of the occult with the overwhelming need for hope into a plot twist audiences will find difficult to swallow.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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Instead of relying on pigments or coatings, LightRipple manipulates reflection and refraction at the microscopic level, producing a dynamic play of gold and shadow that shifts subtly as the case moves.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Financial compatibility is a necessity, but a partner who arranges things and therefore shows effort is vital.—
Essence,
Essence,
8 Oct. 2025
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An employee arranges a salad dressing display at an Amazon Fresh grocery store on December 12, 2024 in Federal Way, Washington.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Engineers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engineers. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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