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
Gabriel Snyder, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
It will be birthed by educators and engineers, by mothers and mediators, by those brave enough to imagine a future beyond vengeance.
—Margaux Chetrit, Sun Sentinel, 23 July 2025
India Brown, Robb Report, 22 July 2025
This product was engineered by veterinarians, which has led to tremendous improvement in the heath of most consumers’ cats.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
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Noun
The Netscape engineer would surf successive technology waves, accumulating equity stakes that India couldn't match.
—Gabriel Snyder, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
It will be birthed by educators and engineers, by mothers and mediators, by those brave enough to imagine a future beyond vengeance.
—Margaux Chetrit, Sun Sentinel, 23 July 2025
Verb
The whip was constructed with a high tensile steel cable core terminated in loops at each end, engineered to secure both Ford and his stunt double, Terry Leonard, to the moving vehicle.
—India Brown, Robb Report, 22 July 2025
This product was engineered by veterinarians, which has led to tremendous improvement in the heath of most consumers’ cats.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engineer
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Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, but only completed after the architect’s death, in 1969, the 52-story building is today on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.—
Paul Brady,
Travel + Leisure,
19 July 2025
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And services provided by accountants, architects, attorneys, engineers, financial advisers, insurance agents, interior designers and software developers are also exempt under the county law.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
17 July 2025
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The sale of the home entertainment rights was negotiated by Brian Andreotti on behalf of Music Box Films and Workman.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
24 July 2025
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This month, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro negotiated a prisoner swap with the United States, releasing 10 American citizens in his custody and dozens of Venezuelan political prisoners.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
24 July 2025
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Fast-forward to this month, when Paramount agreed to a $16 million settlement to move past Trump's claims that CBS's 60 Minutes deceptively manipulated a pre-election interview with Kamala Harris.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
25 July 2025
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The Dershowitz theory does not compute because the government invariably manipulates projections about future harm for ulterior partisan or personal motives.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
24 July 2025
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Horowitz spent decades arranging for Sondheim’s archives to come to the Library of Congress.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
13 July 2025
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The controversy comes at a time the United States is trying to arrange a ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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“Engineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engineer. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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