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verb

past tense of engineer

as in negotiated

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 engineered

Adjective

Without much public debate or planning, these semi-engineered levees took on a critical and unintended role. — Farshid Vahedifard, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025

Verb

Initially, the move signaled a lost season, but the team has since engineered a remarkable midseason turnaround, now firmly back in the American League playoff race. — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Four traffic lanes in one structure The team then engineered four different versions of this honeycomb structure. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026 The team also worked with flies genetically engineered so light could switch their olfactory neurons on directly, in both antennae at once. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026 Thresholds of sea level for which homes and roads in coastal communities like South Florida were engineered would be crossed faster than expected. — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026 Featuring a straight leg and a standard rise with just a hint of waist suppression, it’s engineered to become a wardrobe staple. — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 27 July 2026 The Fi Ultra is explicitly engineered to cure that specific heart-in-mouth anxiety. — New Atlas, 26 July 2026 Our most critical infrastructure was raised over generations — designed and engineered, then constructed by carpenters, masons, laborers, ironworkers, operators, teamsters, pipefitters, welders, and electricians. — Brendan Bechtel, Fortune, 25 July 2026 Audio for this performance chat was engineered by Andie Huether and Tiffany Vera Castro. — Juana Summers, NPR, 24 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for engineered

Adjective

What emerged was a startling portrait of manipulated devotion that culminated in Jeffs' 2006 arrest by the FBI.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
Mazzola, 43, also allegedly participated in an armed robbery to steal a manipulated shuffling machine.

— Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025

Definition of manipulated

Verb

The deal was negotiated between Sony Pictures Classics and CAA Media Finance on behalf of the filmmakers, with The Veterans overseeing international rights.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 30 July 2026
One hearing in January 2025 involved a plea agreement calling for a 60-day sentence negotiated between prosecutors and defense attorneys.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026

Definition of negotiated

Adjective

One of them, Hip Optical, which touts designer eyewear at non-designer prices, opened earlier this year across from the Apple Store and near True Food Kitchen and BJ’s Brewhouse.

— Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 24 May 2024
The order arrived as a white, non-designer T-shirt, size 2XL.

— Sha Hua, WSJ, 21 June 2022

Definition of designer

Verb

The detail arranged the traffic stop on the other side of the island, in front of the Lihue post office, under the assumption that Brun would surrender peacefully in such a public location.

— Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026
After the living room, Birdie wandered to the dining room, where she was cast into an underwater light, the sun sifting through the plants arranged by the long window.

— Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of arranged

Adjective

The twister shoved a porch several feet from its manufactured home, according to the report.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2026
Its role is to expose wrongdoing, illuminate facts, and draw the world’s attention to crimes committed in the name of false causes and manufactured justifications.

— Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026

Definition of manufactured

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During the Cold War, as futurists on both sides of the Iron Curtain plotted to control the direction of history, another group coalesced around a more modest idea.

— Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
For the celebration itself, Jess and Nasko plotted a week of activities bouncing off (American) Labor Day weekend.

— Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026

Definition of plotted

Adjective

On the eve of our nation’s Independence Day, Americans should be deeply concerned by the misuse of government power against an ordinary citizen based on a concocted narrative.

— Jasmine Baehr , Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
So is the neighbor who was pressured by police to corroborate a concocted story.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 31 Jan. 2026

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