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
Elissa Welle, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2025
If so, that might require more changes to the design of the ship's heat shield, but this is the kind of information engineers were looking for with this test flight.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
De Meo has been tasked with engineering a speedy turnaround for Kering, which has been dragged down by steep declines at its star brand Gucci and a bulging debt load.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Whereas 60 engineers might have run a data center in the past, now only six are needed, McLean says.
—Elissa Welle, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Aug. 2025
If so, that might require more changes to the design of the ship's heat shield, but this is the kind of information engineers were looking for with this test flight.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
The 22-year-old QB led the Vikings back from a 17-6 deficit early in the third quarter after throwing a pick-6 to a three-point win, engineering back-to-back-to-back touchdown drives in the fourth quarter to turn what looked like a sure-fire loss into a thrilling come-from-behind win.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
De Meo has been tasked with engineering a speedy turnaround for Kering, which has been dragged down by steep declines at its star brand Gucci and a bulging debt load.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engineer
Noun
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Once rundown and divided into four apartments, this 4,000-square-foot live/work compound was transformed over 18 months by its architect owners, Colin Faber and Leni Niemegeers-Faber, into a family home that feels both modern and timeless.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
16 Sep. 2025
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The new eatery comes courtesy of the same creative team as the first, including Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio and architects Glen & Co.—
Erin Clements,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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Its Office for Civil Rights investigates allegations at schools and negotiates corrective actions.—
Fred Clasen-Kelly,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Looking forward, 185 countries are negotiating a global plastics treaty aimed at ending plastic pollution by 2040, and to promote a closed loop approach, phasing out unnecessary plastics and encouraging the use of sustainable alternatives.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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In this approach, quantum information is encoded in various properties of photons, and computation is performed by manipulating these photonic states using optical components.—
Gil Press,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Tahoe is obviously getting more aggressive with icon-shape enforcement, up to and including automatically manipulating them and sentencing them to icon jail.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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North was convicted in 1989 on three felony charges for helping to arrange the illicit sale of weapons to Iran and divert the proceeds to fund a secret war against anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Wegovy injection pens arranged in Waterbury, Vermont, US, on Monday, April 28, 2025.—
Karen Gilchrist,Katrina Bishop,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Engineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engineer. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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