as in negotiating
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 engineering
Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Rock said the campus will focus particularly on four academic categories: aviation, engineering, performing arts and medicine.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 27 Aug. 2025
His lab also offers science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subscriptions that help kids, teens and adults do hands-on experiments, think critically, and create like engineers, Netflix said.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
Impactful process transformation is equal parts engineering and anthropology.
—Sanjoy Sarkar, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Englishman Lewis Hamilton won six at the wheel of a Mercedes, and that brand remains an icon of German engineering.
—Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Rock said the campus will focus particularly on four academic categories: aviation, engineering, performing arts and medicine.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 27 Aug. 2025
His lab also offers science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subscriptions that help kids, teens and adults do hands-on experiments, think critically, and create like engineers, Netflix said.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
Impactful process transformation is equal parts engineering and anthropology.
—Sanjoy Sarkar, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engineering
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The two players have been negotiating deals with Cincinnati to keep them with the organization for years to come.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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The company is negotiating with strategic investors and commercial lenders to provide additional capital for the expansion of HOPE clinics.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Every operational upgrade in our distribution model was carefully timed, including the introduction of new inventory management tools, team hires, vendor agreements and, eventually, a 50,000-plus square foot distribution space.—
Aleksandr Zemel,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Experts in business management have noted that companies generally don’t take measures on diversity and climate because of a political stance, but rather as a business decision.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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Just as manipulating actuality is the soul of cinema, playing with subjectivity is the soul of AI as an artistic medium.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
8 Apr. 2025
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Biohacking sales isn’t about manipulating people.—
Scott Hutcheson,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In the book, Stewart shares advice on topics such as growing produce and arranging flowers.—
Claire Murashima,
NPR,
18 Mar. 2025
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Before the repeal, Soto was arranging for free Spanish-language weddings in Little Havana and building up support for Dade County to retire its English-only policy.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
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Dale has state government, education, radio and television experience as well.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Aug. 2025
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Two Michigan government buildings ranked as some of the ugliest in the nation, with Flint's municipal center — a National Register of Historic places nominee — topping the list of ugly buildings.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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It has been tagged as a giveaway to rich elites, and the administration is tapping a vice president who grew up poor in Middletown to turn public perception.—
Francesca Chambers,
The Enquirer,
30 Aug. 2025
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The arrests of two wildland firefighters accused of working illegally in Washington state has sparked a new round of debate over the Trump administration's priorities about wildfires and immigration enforcement.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
30 Aug. 2025
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The first humans on Mars would be tasked with taking account of local resources, setting up landing operations, establishing a power source and building homes.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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The company plans to continue operations and market the business for sale during the bankruptcy proceedings.—
Rick Barrett,
jsonline.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Parents expressed concerns and criticism over the handling of the situation, praising Gonzalez's impact on the school community.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Respondents gave roughly the same marks to Trump's handling of the economy and foreign affairs as his overall job performance, coming in at 37% and 39% approvals, respectively.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Engineering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engineering. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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