1
as in betrothals
the act or state of being engaged to be married
the fun couple recently announced their engagement
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2
as in dates
an agreement to be present at a specified time and place
a lifelong practice of marking all of my engagements on a weekly calendar
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as in employments
the state of being provided with a paying job
his engagement as a caddie at the golf club was his first work experience
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Recent Examples of engagements
The appearance is just one on a long list of engagements.
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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
Take George Mullins — 18 years old at the battle of Carentan, one of the most savage engagements of the war, where his company lost 43 of its 45 men in three days of fighting.
—Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
The analyst said that the notable rise in AMD’s data center central processing unit guidance and rising confidence in data center graphics processing unit engagements addressed his concerns about elevated expectations.
—Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 17 May 2026
For her final day of engagements in the area, Middleton wore a cream pleated Jenny Packham skirt, Blazé Milano pin-stripe blazer and belt, as well as Alicia flats in taupe and black courtesy of designer Camilla Elphick.
—Stefania Saltalamacchia, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
Most have generally missed, however, how Europe’s multiple engagements with the Muslim world also crossed the Atlantic and had a formative role in colonial America.
—Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Kate Middleton continued her royal suiting streak with a look by Edeline Lee for her first day of engagements in Reggio Emilia, Italy, on Wednesday.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
This immediacy compresses decision-making timelines and speeds the pace of engagements.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
Global social engagements reached 108 million across all markets, all platforms, up 24% year-on-year.
—Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 7 May 2026
Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
Take George Mullins — 18 years old at the battle of Carentan, one of the most savage engagements of the war, where his company lost 43 of its 45 men in three days of fighting.
—Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
The analyst said that the notable rise in AMD’s data center central processing unit guidance and rising confidence in data center graphics processing unit engagements addressed his concerns about elevated expectations.
—Tipranks.com Staff, CNBC, 17 May 2026
For her final day of engagements in the area, Middleton wore a cream pleated Jenny Packham skirt, Blazé Milano pin-stripe blazer and belt, as well as Alicia flats in taupe and black courtesy of designer Camilla Elphick.
—Stefania Saltalamacchia, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
Most have generally missed, however, how Europe’s multiple engagements with the Muslim world also crossed the Atlantic and had a formative role in colonial America.
—Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Kate Middleton continued her royal suiting streak with a look by Edeline Lee for her first day of engagements in Reggio Emilia, Italy, on Wednesday.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
This immediacy compresses decision-making timelines and speeds the pace of engagements.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026
Global social engagements reached 108 million across all markets, all platforms, up 24% year-on-year.
—Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for engagements
Noun
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The librarians must abide by those embargo dates and keep the books out of circulation until then.—
Adeel Hassan,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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The former Beatle worked on it with producer Andrew Watt in between touring dates for his acclaimed Got Back tour.—
William Vaillancourt,
Rolling Stone,
17 May 2026
Noun
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Boeing’s efforts to keep up kept hitting development snags including its first uncrewed test flight, which missed its rendezvous with the space station entirely in 2019.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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Still, the industry looked forward and upward in this annual rendezvous that reiterated its global reach.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Calculating the interest-earning potential of a high-yield savings or money market account over the short term is relatively straightforward, since the variable rate each employs isn't likely to move dramatically in just a few months.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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Micron did not respond Thursday to questions about how many workers Crucial employs and whether they will be laid off or land jobs elsewhere at the company.—
Darin Oswald,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Pharmacies are widely available and often don’t require appointments.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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Becker described a healthcare experience where patients still arrive at appointments filling out repetitive clipboard forms while providers struggle to retrieve prior imaging, outside records or basic historical context that already exists somewhere else.—
Demetri Giannikopoulos,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Engagements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engagements. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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