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Recent Examples of engine
At these high temperatures, the materials used to make the aircraft, its engine, its aerodynamics, and its propulsion systems all fail.
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Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 19 May 2026
The strategy is to be the engine behind other platforms rather than compete with them directly.
—Ellen Sheng, CNBC, 19 May 2026
As the vast Pacific engine begins to shift again, scientists will be watching the satellites and other instruments to determine how the world's weather will change in the months ahead.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 8 May 2026
The engine, which runs on a mixture of methanol, premium unleaded, and toluene, is now a 6.0-liter V-16 that and makes 513 hp.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 May 2026
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Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 19 May 2026
The strategy is to be the engine behind other platforms rather than compete with them directly.
—Ellen Sheng, CNBC, 19 May 2026
As the vast Pacific engine begins to shift again, scientists will be watching the satellites and other instruments to determine how the world's weather will change in the months ahead.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 8 May 2026
The engine, which runs on a mixture of methanol, premium unleaded, and toluene, is now a 6.0-liter V-16 that and makes 513 hp.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engine
Noun
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The actress continued to argue there are limits to what machines can replicate.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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Yet masculinism also functions as a perpetual-motion machine of grievance, an inarticulate howl of anguish at the status quo—whatever that currently is.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
Noun
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In some cases, these ducts are controlled manually with cables and vacuum motors; in other cases, they are computer-controlled with electric motors and sensors.—
John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs And Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
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Just as watching someone reach for an object activates your own motor representations, the researchers found that watching someone else recoil in disgust activates your own disgust system.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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“Engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engine. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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