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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 engineered
Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2025
Marandi’s team engineered their OPO at the nanoscale on a chip.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
The car is designed, engineered and manufactured in the UK, with most of its supply chain from Britain too.
—James Morris, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Its algorithms are engineered to hold your attention, even when that means amplifying harmful or sensational material.
—Annie Margaret, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
This evolved into a prototype chiefly engineered by Burrell Smith, selecting for its CPU the 8-bit Motorola 6809 as an upgrade from the Apple II's MOS 6502 but still keeping costs low.
—Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Its algorithms are engineered to hold your attention, even when that means amplifying harmful or sensational material.
—Annie Margaret, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
Working closely with Perfect Game’s Tournament Operations team, BatWraps engineered its wraps to meet all bat-use requirements.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The company’s process is engineered to minimize energy waste and emissions, reducing the carbon footprint of industrial manufacturing.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Windows 11 Pro is engineered to work with your PC—not against it—so your system finally runs like the powerhouse it was built to be.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2025
Marandi’s team engineered their OPO at the nanoscale on a chip.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
The car is designed, engineered and manufactured in the UK, with most of its supply chain from Britain too.
—James Morris, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Its algorithms are engineered to hold your attention, even when that means amplifying harmful or sensational material.
—Annie Margaret, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
This evolved into a prototype chiefly engineered by Burrell Smith, selecting for its CPU the 8-bit Motorola 6809 as an upgrade from the Apple II's MOS 6502 but still keeping costs low.
—Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Its algorithms are engineered to hold your attention, even when that means amplifying harmful or sensational material.
—Annie Margaret, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
Working closely with Perfect Game’s Tournament Operations team, BatWraps engineered its wraps to meet all bat-use requirements.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
The company’s process is engineered to minimize energy waste and emissions, reducing the carbon footprint of industrial manufacturing.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for engineered
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Also in the package, which was negotiated behind closed doors during the final days of the 9-month legislative session, were deals to replenish the state wildfire fund and create a regional electric grid for western states to trade excess energy.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Bay Area state senators Scott Wiener and Jesse Arreguin had negotiated a $750 million loan for transit into this year’s budget, meant to avoid service cuts until voters authorize a potential regional sales tax measure in November 2026 that could provide longterm replacement for farebox revenue.—
Kate Talerico,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Microsoft Teams app on a laptop arranged in New York, US, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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The three-petal footprint arranged in a Y-shape isn’t just for aesthetic purposes.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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One of them, Hip Optical, which touts designer eyewear at non-designer prices, opened earlier this year across from the Apple Store and near True Food Kitchen and BJ’s Brewhouse.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
24 May 2024
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The order arrived as a white, non-designer T-shirt, size 2XL.—
Sha Hua,
WSJ,
21 June 2022
Verb
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Trump claimed without evidence that McEntarfer had manipulated statistics for political reasons.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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By the end of the episode, Isaac is dead, Nibs has had part of her memory wiped, and Slightly has been manipulated by Morrow into letting one of the face-huggers turn Arthur into a Xenomorph incubator.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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To avoid this scenario, Makadia's team plotted the best spots on an asteroid's surface to avoid the keyhole.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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For one, Leonard signed a max contract—unlike with Smith and the Timberwolves, there’s no claim Leonard and the Clippers plotted a scheme where he’d be paid less in the short term in exchange for being paid more later.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The company in 2020 pleaded guilty to distributing adulterated ice-cream products and agreed to pay a fine over the outbreak.—
Dylan Tokar,
WSJ,
2 Feb. 2023
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And while most of those overdoses involved the illicit synthetic opioid fentanyl, experts say that an adulterated and contaminated drug supply is also leading to deaths.—
Nadia Kounang,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2022
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“Engineered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engineered. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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