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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 engineering
Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
Zoom in: The 18-year-old Philly senior — who founded a psychics and engineering club at his school — also plays soccer, co-captains the Science Olympiad and plays clarinet and tenor saxophone.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 12 Mar. 2025
From customer service and marketing to software engineering and research and development, generative AI is transforming processes by enhancing efficiency and rethinking them entirely.
—Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Regardless, the company’s leaders say these experiments are a promising step toward their goal of engineering mammoth traits into Asian elephants.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
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The Brooklyn Bridge, an engineering marvel connecting the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan, opened to the public in 1883; the Statue of Liberty was dedicated in 1886.
—Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
Zoom in: The 18-year-old Philly senior — who founded a psychics and engineering club at his school — also plays soccer, co-captains the Science Olympiad and plays clarinet and tenor saxophone.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 12 Mar. 2025
From customer service and marketing to software engineering and research and development, generative AI is transforming processes by enhancing efficiency and rethinking them entirely.
—Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Regardless, the company’s leaders say these experiments are a promising step toward their goal of engineering mammoth traits into Asian elephants.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engineering
Noun
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Upon her sentencing, Gutierrez-Reed, who had blamed the film's management for the shooting, asked the presiding Santa Fe judge to consider probation instead of the maximum jail time.—
Rachel Brodsky,
TIME,
11 Mar. 2025
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Join 8 others in the comments View Comments Nissan has been beset by years of faltering sales and management turmoil, never fully recovering from a hit to its brand following the 2018 ouster of former chairman Carlos Ghosn, who was accused by Tokyo prosecutors of financial misconduct.—
Reuters,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
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Additionally, financing customers from your own balance sheet can strain resources, while negotiating credit facilities often involves lengthy and intricate processes.—
Ashish Srimal,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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Sources said the switch allowed parties involved in the transaction to renegotiate their part, with the various players negotiating concessions to stay in the transaction, causing a bit of a behind-the-scenes hubbub as the finish line approached.—
David Moin,
WWD,
26 Dec. 2024
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The majority is manipulating a personal tragedy to scapegoat immigrants.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
7 Jan. 2025
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Stop motion is so time-consuming — days of manipulating puppets one frame at a time for a few seconds of footage — that no animator wants to do reshoots.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
7 Jan. 2025
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In 1930, Gandhi was named Time Magazine’s ‘Man of the Year,’ and the notoriety helped to pressure the British government to reconsider its policies in India.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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But European governments remain hesitant about confiscating the capital.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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Automate savings, where possible Automated changes, like increasing workplace 401(k) plan contributions, setting up direct deposits from paychecks into dedicated savings accounts, and arranging for monthly transfers into an IRA and/or 529 college savings accounts all add up quickly, McBride said.—
Cora Lewis and Adriana Morga,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Jan. 2025
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Though best known as a guitarist and vocalist, Wayne’s contributions extended to multiple instruments, arranging, and songwriting.—
Darryn King,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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That figure includes the probationary workers already dismissed and IRS workers who accepted the administration's 'buyout' offer over email.—
Benjamin Siegel,
ABC News,
14 Mar. 2025
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Singer-songwriter Majo Aguilar delivers an anthem of Mexican pride for all her paisanos, offering a message of resilience at a time when the immigrant community in the U.S. has been directly impacted by the Trump administration’s callous policies.—
Natalia Cano,
Billboard,
14 Mar. 2025
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An Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the unfolding operation, said Israel was striking Hamas' military, leaders and infrastructure and planned to expand the operation beyond air attacks.—
TIME,
TIME,
18 Mar. 2025
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Yellow officially filed for bankruptcy in August 2023, a week after the less-than-truckload (LTL) provider ceased operations.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
18 Mar. 2025
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Trump's handling of tariffs, however, is where there is the most dissatisfaction in the CNN poll, with 61 percent of respondents disapproving and only 39 percent approving.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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This capability, combined with more robust handling of handwritten content, apparently gives Google's model a practical edge over competitors in real-world document-processing tasks for now.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Engineering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engineering. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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