as in architect
a person who designs and guides a plan or undertaking
the engineer of a movement to eradicate hunger
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as in to negotiate
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 engineer
Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Then, an engineer working on the film spills his coffee on a computer server, knocking Redream offline with Brandy trapped inside.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2025
How to Program a Fruit Fly (Ars Technica) by John Timmer
As some researchers work to make robots that can mimic living things, others engineer organic lifeforms to act more like robots.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The engineers group filed its challenge the next day and SEIU Local 1000, the largest state worker union, followed up with its own later that week.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Then, an engineer working on the film spills his coffee on a computer server, knocking Redream offline with Brandy trapped inside.
—Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
Every piece is engineered to last, but equally important, they are designed to belong.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2025
How to Program a Fruit Fly (Ars Technica) by John Timmer
As some researchers work to make robots that can mimic living things, others engineer organic lifeforms to act more like robots.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engineer
Noun
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The architect who designed my home made the same mistakes that have been made by thousands of other architects over the past 100 years.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2025
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The property has been a fixture of New York City society and is being meticulously restored by renowned architects from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, with interior design by Pierre-Yves Rochon.—
Chris Dong,
AFAR Media,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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His special envoy to Ukraine set a goal of negotiating an agreement even quicker during the first 100 days of Trump's term.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, negotiates trade deals on behalf of all 27 member states.—
Shannon Carroll,
Quartz,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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It could be manipulated by the therapist or simply placed in the correct position by the individual.—
Matt Parrott,
Arkansas Online,
20 Apr. 2025
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This is not a new accusation and in the past Fauci and the paper authors disagreed with the accusations that the paper was manipulated or had any specific goal.—
Youri Benadjaoud,
ABC News,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Lithos arranges for the dust to be collected at the rock quarries and transported to local farms.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2025
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The California Academy of Sciences and East Bay Regional Parks arranged for the whale to be towed to Angel Island State Park by a private towing service so that a necropsy could be conducted, according to a statement from the Marine Mammal Center and California Academy of Sciences.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Engineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engineer. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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