engage (in)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for engage (in)
Verb
  • The fall is a good time to practice hand hygiene, stock up on cold remedies and cleaning supplies, and consider getting a flu shot.
    Elizabeth Medeiros, Health, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Others practice deliberate recombination, taking elements from multiple real-life incidents and shuffling them like cards until a new pattern emerges.
    JD Barker, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Trying to bring about too many changes at once has the same consequences.
    Manoj Balraj, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Movements in the wage bill at clubs of this scale aren’t just brought about by new signings and sales.
    Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Cox had said Greenpeace carried out a scheme to stop the pipeline’s construction.
    Jack Dura, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Three other executions were carried out this week in the U.S., including the lethal injection earlier Thursday of an Oklahoma man for the fatal shooting of a woman during a home invasion.
    Curt Anderson, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Keep scrolling for more pickleball attire under $40, and ace your court style this spring and summer.
    Claire Harmeyer, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • If there's ever going to be a Michael Stipe biopic, Michael Shannon has aced the unofficial audition.
    Piet Levy, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The Soweto Uprising On June 16th, 1976, students in Soweto, South Africa led a protest to oppose the apartheid government’s plans to implement the Afrikaans language in schools for Black students.
    Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Regulators can implement rules to improve content moderation and mandate transparency by social media platforms.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • She was carried off the court midway through the fourth quarter with a leg injury.
    The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Due to disobedience, they had been carried off to a foreign land.
    Rev. Tom Rakow, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2024
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“Engage (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engage%20%28in%29. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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