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
New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2025
The company trimmed 48 positions at its 3750 Torrey View Court location, including software engineers, vice presidents and a director level positions.
—Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
Paul Grein, Billboard, 26 Feb. 2025
Instead, the new Trump administration is engineering what some feel could be described only as ideological obedience.
—Karen Hao, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Project engineers have even gone so far as to relocate coral in an effort to minimize environmental impact.
—New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2025
The company trimmed 48 positions at its 3750 Torrey View Court location, including software engineers, vice presidents and a director level positions.
—Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
Flack arranged the track, Joel Dorn produced it and Gene Paul engineered.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 26 Feb. 2025
Instead, the new Trump administration is engineering what some feel could be described only as ideological obedience.
—Karen Hao, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engineer
Noun
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The Timex headquarters — its design led by architect Doug Disbrow — also would appear on the National Register’s website as a significant property, Stuller said.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2025
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The brainchild of famed politician and hotelier Eduard Cattani and his architect brother Arnold Cattani, the Grandhotel Winterhaus was purpose-built to awe.—
Alexandra Cheney,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2025
Verb
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During the meeting, Trump berated Zelensky, accusing him of insufficient gratitude for U.S. military support and pressuring him to negotiate a peace deal with Russia under terms dictated by the Trump administration.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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Merz won’t take over as chancellor until after his conservative party has negotiated the formation of a new government with the social democrats—a process that could take weeks if not months.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
Verb
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But they had been manipulated by homeowners and businesses, and used to block all kinds of new construction.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Editing concerns truly manipulating an image, making changes to particular areas, and adding content like text, shapes, or other images on top of the original.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
2 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Three years later, Ade arranged a romantic trip to Italy for the couple with the intention of asking Houston to be his wife.—
Megan Pinckney Rutherford,
Vogue,
4 Mar. 2025
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And with its intuitive drag-and-drop functionality, arranging, connecting and customizing elements has never been easier.—
Carly Schnurr,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Engineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engineer. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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